Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgetown Gateway Visitor Center Town of Georgetown - I-70 exit 228 | Agency / conservation office | 39.71475, -105.69578 | The mapped point is the visitor-centre car park at the Georgetown end of the greenway. |
| 2 | Georgetown Greenway Park Town of Georgetown - creekside path | Park / conservation area | 39.71982, -105.69350 | Walk-in water through Georgetown; the greenway follows the creek from the visitor centre to the lake. |
| 3 | Georgetown Lake Park Town of Georgetown | Park / conservation area | 39.72950, -105.69157 | Shoreline park on the impoundment immediately above Georgetown Dam. |
| 4 | Georgetown Watchable Wildlife Area Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Park / conservation area | 39.73128, -105.69162 | CPW property at the lake; the mapped point is its car park. |
| 5 | Georgetown Dam Impounds Georgetown Lake | Dam / hazard | 39.73323, -105.68922 | Creek-wide structure at the foot of Georgetown Lake. |
| 6 | Alvarado Open Space Park Clear Creek County Open Space | Park / conservation area | 39.74306, -105.68073 | Creekside open space between Georgetown and Empire Junction. |
| 7 | Downstream Adventures Rafting Empire - raft and tube rental | Outfitter / canoe rental | 39.76031, -105.67772 | |
| 8 | Philadelphia Mill Site Open Space Park Clear Creek County Open Space | Park / conservation area | 39.76151, -105.57681 | Mapped twice in OpenStreetMap, as a park and as a fishing site; shown once here. |
| 9 | Fishing is Fun #4 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.75688, -105.56645 | One of seven numbered Fishing is Fun access points OpenStreetMap carries on Clear Creek; the numbering is not continuous. |
| 10 | Charlie Taylor Water Wheel Park City of Idaho Springs | Park / conservation area | 39.74056, -105.51604 | Creekside park at the west end of Idaho Springs. |
| 11 | Clear Creek Outdoors 1524 Miner Street, Idaho Springs | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 39.74202, -105.51643 | The creek's only mapped tackle and fly retailer between Georgetown and Golden. |
| 12 | Indian Springs Campsites Idaho Springs | Campsite | 39.74066, -105.51203 | |
| 13 | Montgomery Park City of Idaho Springs | Park / conservation area | 39.74294, -105.50961 | Mapped in OpenStreetMap both as a park and as a fishing site; shown once here. |
| 14 | Courtney/Riley/Cooper Park City of Idaho Springs | Park / conservation area | 39.74239, -105.50868 | |
| 15 | Clear Creek Rafting Dumont / Idaho Springs | Outfitter / canoe rental | 39.74342, -105.47933 | |
| 16 | Game Check Station Trailhead Clear Creek County Open Space | Access / boat ramp | 39.74307, -105.47525 | Mapped twice in OpenStreetMap, as a trailhead and as a park 80 m away; shown once here. |
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Fishing is Fun #6 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.74195, -105.43078 | |
| 18 | Fishing is Fun #7 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.73664, -105.41840 | |
| 19 | Fishing is Fun #8 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.73723, -105.41714 | |
| 20 | Peaks to Plains Trailhead Clear Creek County Open Space | Access / boat ramp | 39.74313, -105.40637 | Trail parking on the Peaks to Plains corridor through the upper canyon. |
| 21 | Fishing is Fun #10 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.74306, -105.40148 | |
| 22 | Fishing is Fun #11 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.74352, -105.40150 | |
| 23 | Fishing is Fun #12 Signed angler access on the creek | Access / boat ramp | 39.74433, -105.40426 | Sits upstream of #10 and #11 by longitude but downstream by the chained centreline, where the creek doubles back. |
| 24 | Mayhem Gulch Trailhead Jefferson County Open Space - Clear Creek Canyon Park | Access / boat ramp | 39.73710, -105.37119 | OpenStreetMap spells it “Mayham”; corrected here. |
| 25 | Clear Creek Canyon Park Jefferson County Open Space | Park / conservation area | 39.73958, -105.31651 | The canyon park runs most of US 6 between Golden and the Highway 119 junction. |
| 26 | USGS 06719505 - Clear Creek at Golden US Geological Survey | USGS gauge | 39.75306, -105.23472 | Live flow and water temperature for the creek at the canyon mouth. |
| 27 | Gateway Trailhead Jefferson County Open Space | Access / boat ramp | 39.75360, -105.23880 | Canyon-mouth trailhead at the top of Golden. |
| 28 | Golden Clear Creek RV Park Golden | Campsite | 39.75344, -105.23097 | |
| 29 | Golden River Sports Golden - paddle shop and boat rental | Outfitter / canoe rental | 39.75863, -105.22486 | |
| 30 | Golden Fly Shop Golden - 3.3 km off the creek | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 39.72834, -105.20805 | |
| 31 | Lewis Ralston Gold Site Park City of Arvada | Park / conservation area | 39.79804, -105.05668 | Small creekside park on the lower creek, on the Clear Creek Trail. |
| 32 | Lowell Ponds State Wildlife Area Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Park / conservation area | 39.79826, -105.03950 | CPW's fishing point on the lower creek; the only CPW-owned water on Clear Creek. |
Gauge: USGS 06719505 — CLEAR CREEK AT GOLDEN, CO. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Regulations: cpw.state.co.us/rules-and-regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Golden - the town at the canyon mouth where the gauge sits, with full services.
Clear Creek Canyon Park - the county open space with pull-offs and trails along the canyon.
U.S. Highway 6 - the highway running the length of the canyon beside the creek.
Idaho Springs - the old mining town on the upper creek.
Georgetown - the town high in the drainage near the headwaters.
Clear Creek Whitewater Park - the in-town paddling feature on the lower creek in Golden.
Denver - the metropolitan area just east, the source of most of the creek's traffic.
Spring: runoff swells the creek and pushes it out of shape from late spring onward.
Summer: clearing flows and good pocket water fishing, with heavy recreation traffic in the lower canyon.
Fall: the best stretch of the year, with settled water, active brown trout and thin crowds.
Winter: cold and low, fishing well on sunny afternoons in the sheltered lower canyon.