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Cherry Creek Trail

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 3.5 (10)
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  2. CO
  3. …Front Range
  4. Castle Rock
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“Connect through Parker all the way to downtown Denver on this paved path. ”

Nicholas Shannon
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42.0

Miles

67.5

KM

Point to Point

6,100' 1,859 m

High

5,170' 1,576 m

Low

413' 126 m

Up

1,343' 409 m

Down

1%

Avg Grade (0°)

7%

Max Grade (4°)

Dogs Unknown

Features Birding · Fall Colors · Lake · River/Creek · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

This is one of the most popular paths in Colorado and is constantly chock-full of runners, walkers, cyclists and everything in-between.

Make your way through the Cherry Creek Shopping District, the Cherry Creek State Recreation Area and Castlewood Canyon State Park.

Contacts

Land Manager: City of Denver, CO - Parks

Shared By:

Nicholas Shannon with improvements by Pete F
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Trail Ratings

  3.5 from 10 votes

#3

in Castle Rock

#24000

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Trail Rankings

#3

in Castle Rock

#1,834

in Colorado

#24,000

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Grasslands heading up to the mesa top.
Sep 5, 2025 near The Pinery, CO

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Check-Ins

Feb 28, 2026
Quin Wecker
Nice and easy, was able to listen to the creek and it was busy with bike riders — 0h 24m
Sep 13, 2020
Chuck & Jennifer Hellier
We walked the section south of E-470 from Pine to Lincoln ad back — 1h 00m
Aug 11, 2020
Jason Todd
Aug 8, 2020
Mike Kruger
did the last (first?) mile to end of trail and back to car to get a tubing for Douglas County scavenger hunt 2mi — 1h 20m
Jun 19, 2019
Ryan William
Jul 23, 2018
April Thompson
South from my house to Castle Pines 4.4mi
Jul 6, 2018
April Thompson
Trail From my House to Castle Pines Rd 4.4mi
May 21, 2018
Liz Prospero
Hike around Reservoir 6.9mi

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