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Cherry Creek Trail: Confluence Park to Cherry Creek State Park

Cycling Route

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14.25 mi
623 ft
Creekside greenway through downtown Denver with shopping, dining, and cultural attractions along the way.

Denver is centered around the confluence of two streams, Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. The urban trail along Cherry Creek makes a unique way to experience the city, by biking or walking a corridor of greenery near many downtown highlights.

The 14-mile, paved stretch of Cherry Creek Trail between Confluence Park and Cherry Creek State Park links several shopping centers, museums, eateries, and other public parks. On the trail, you’ll travel beside a flowing creek, among colors of nature and the changing seasons. At any point you can hop off the trail and onto the street to find a beer, a meal, a shop, or any other urban attraction. Cherry Creek Trail is the perfect route for exploring Denver on your own power and your own schedule, whether by yourself, with family, or with friends.

The path cuts through the heart of the city, so the places you can access are too numerous to name. Some highlights include: Larimer Square, Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Children’s Playground, REI, Patagonia Denver, the Theatre District, Four Mile Historic Park, and Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Restaurants and breweries near the trail include: Just BE Kitchen, Gateaux Bakery, Denver Diner, Racines Restaurant, Dazbog Coffee, Lowdown Brewery, and Bull & Bush Brewery.

The section mapped here ends at Cherry Creek State Park, but the trail actually extends much farther. You can follow it almost all the way to Castle Canyon State Park, another 12 miles south. If you don’t want to backtrack to your starting point, you can find another route through the city or use public transportation. Most busses and trains in Denver can carry bikes.

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Written by Jesse Weber
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Confluence to Market Ramp0.55 mi10 ft0.1%
Cherry creek- FOTL 0.30 mi13 ft0.1%
CCT (REI) to CCT & University3.93 mi121 ft0.6%
Little Raven to Logan2.54 mi85 ft0.6%
REI to Cook Park7.36 mi200 ft0.5%
The makeout move0.20 mi7 ft0.6%
CC Southbound: Wynkoop to Clarkson2.58 mi89 ft0.7%
CC bike path - blake to 10th1.32 mi36 ft0.5%
It goes up the stream.1.86 mi69 ft0.6%
Santa Fe Drive Climb0.30 mi10 ft0.5%
CCT:S1.2: SB (Colfax - Bannock St.)1.00 mi33 ft0.6%
Colfax to Logan1.45 mi49 ft0.6%
Pearl St Climb0.60 mi328 ft10.2%
CCT:S1.3: SB (Bannock St. - E. 1st Ave.)1.22 mi46 ft0.7%
DG to 4 Mile House3.49 mi102 ft0.6%
CC Clarkson to Monaco4.36 mi135 ft0.6%
CCT:S1.4: SB (E. 1st Ave. - Bayaud St.)1.26 mi30 ft0.4%
Cougar Highway to Shotgun Willie's1.87 mi39 ft0.4%
CCT & University to CCT & Liff Ave.4.93 mi138 ft0.5%
CC Southbound: University to Colorado (stay high at Mall)1.22 mi36 ft0.6%
CC Mall to Glendale1.28 mi36 ft0.5%
CCT:S2.1: SB (Bayaud St. - Ketucky Ave.)1.62 mi52 ft0.6%
Four Mile to Holly0.61 mi20 ft0.6%
CCT:S2.2: SB (Kentucky Ave. - Cook Park)1.34 mi30 ft0.4%
CC Southbound: Holly to Iliff2.14 mi69 ft0.5%
It's A Straight Line0.39 mi13 ft0.6%
CCT:S2.3: SB (Cook Park - Wabash/CFRT)1.50 mi46 ft0.6%
The One Climb0.24 mi13 ft0.9%
Sprint to Bridge0.09 mi13 ft2.3%
Hentzel Park eastbound0.58 mi20 ft0.4%
Outta the sand trap and fly like a birdie1.76 mi98 ft1.0%
North Dam Rollers3.13 mi161 ft1.0%
JFK hill0.60 mi66 ft2.0%
East Dartmouth Ave to Kennedy Fields0.46 mi59 ft2.4%
Cherry Creek Double Hills0.69 mi62 ft1.7%
Climb, climb, climb!2.72 mi154 ft1.1%
Cherry Creek Kennedy golf course short climb0.15 mi39 ft5.1%
Kennedy Ballfields to South Dayton2.54 mi148 ft0.8%
225 to Dayton2.23 mi141 ft1.2%
Cafe Velo hill climb0.15 mi49 ft6.1%
Ouch!0.09 mi39 ft7.8%
Before the Dam Breaks1.35 mi62 ft0.1%
VR7 Gran Fondo 2016 Segment 32.07 mi141 ft0.8%
CC Trail - Dam Rd Baby Climb1.63 mi138 ft1.5%
CC Dam Climb to end of trail1.29 mi125 ft1.8%
Climb That Dam1.45 mi128 ft1.7%
CCHS KOM1.33 mi138 ft1.9%
Cherry Creek Dam west climb1.08 mi118 ft2.1%
All Up From Here1.01 mi108 ft2.0%
Uphill cruise0.70 mi72 ft2.0%