Sand Creek Regional Greenway:
Colorado
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Description:
From www.sandcreekgreenway.org: The Sand Creek Regional Greenway, which completes a loop of 50 miles of off-street urban trails in the northeast metro Denver area, is a mostly soft-surface trail, open to all forms of non-motorized use, including horses. If you are on bicycle, you'll probably want to use a cross, hybrid or mountain bike. The greenway is wheelchair accessible. The greenway and trail are open from sunrise to sunset.

More detailed information, including maps of the trail's route, can be found on the Trail Web site (www.sandcreekgreenway.org).
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Parking & Trail Access:
It's easy to get to Sand Creek Regional Greenway using off-street trails. We connect with the Platte River Greenway (www.greenwayfoundation.org) on the west and the High Line Canal on the east.

But if you're coming from farther away, you can drive and park at six locations along the 13-mile Sand Creek Greenway. More trailheads will be developed in the next five years.

Commerce City:
*Platte River: Park at the Platte River Greenway trailhead on York Avenue, just south of I-270.
*Dahlia: Park at the trailhead at Sand Creek Drive and Dahlia, just east of 56th and Vasquez at the intersection of Vasquez and I-270.

Denver:
*Smith Road: Park at the temporary trailhead on Smith Road, approximately a mile west of the intersection of Smith Road and Havana Street.
*Bluff Lake: If there is not an event or class going on, park at the Bluff Lake Nature Center on Havana Street where Havana becomes Moline Street.

Aurora:
*Morris Heights: Access Sand Creek Regional Greenway from the Morris Heights neighborhood at East 30th Avenue and Uvalda Street.
*Star K Ranch and Morrison Nature Center: Park at Star K Open Space Park, just off Smith Road and Laredo, and take the trail through Star K Ranch to the Sand Creek Regional Greenway. To get there by driving take I-70 to Chambers Road, then south to Smith Road. Turn east on Smith Road to Laredo. There's a sign for Emil-Lene's Sirloin House at the corner. Turn right on Laredo and you'll see the nature center straight ahead. To get there on the greenway ride or hike to the section between Chambers and Airport Blvd. You'll see a sign about midway directing you to Star K Ranch and the nature center. The Nature Center is open from noon to 5:00 Thursday, Friday and Monday, and 9:30-5:00 Saturday and Sunday. The Morrison Nature Center can be reached at 303-739-2428.
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what i saw
By boast rider on October 30, 2007
"Maybe I was fortunate, but on my ride from the Platte to the prison (and back) I saw an osprey and a coyote. Some sections aren't that great but most of it is ok."
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