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Dry Creek Trailhead

Overview: Dry Creek Trailhead is rated 4.5/5 from 192 Google reviews. This hiking area offers well-maintained trails suitable for walking, hiking, and running, and is dog-friendly. Amenities: Reviewers often mention poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs and regular visitors and active use. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness and owner or dog behavior issues.

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4.5(192 reviews)

Overview: Dry Creek Trailhead is rated 4.5/5 from 192 Google reviews. This hiking area offers well-maintained trails suitable for walking, hiking, and running, and is dog-friendly. Amenities: Reviewers often mention poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs and regular visitors and active use. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness and owner or dog behavior issues.

People say this hiking area offers well-maintained trails suitable for walking, hiking, and running, and is dog-friendly. They highlight the spacious open areas for dogs to play off-leash, and the beautiful views of mountains and a creek. They also like the easy access and fun, short loop trail.

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Hiromy Pfosi2 months ago

Our pup’s favorite place to be off leash with the Voice/Site tags, clearly marked signs on when they can be off leash, mostly friendly people with their pups and a beautiful open field with dirt/gravel trails to enjoy that loop around. We see our pup friends here regularly and parking depends on time of day now that it has gotten more popular. Free poop bags at entrance and disposal so no excuse for the people who either don’t pay attention to their dogs or deliberately don’t pick up after their dog - which is the only negative about this place …more crowded in the past year so it seems more people like this bring their dogs.

John Chang9 months ago

This is the trail with worst experience, here I gave 1 star due to its beautiful view. The trail is much like a dog park than a trail, and even worse, almost all dogs were not on leash, the dogs in all kinds of size running around, some of them smell you and lick your legs,most of the dog owners are rude, they didn't feel awkward as their dogs licking you! They talked with each other occupied all trail and didn't care some else can not pass through...

Doyle Lee7 months ago

Dogs must be leashed. I thought it was off leash area but needs to have leash on dog. Trail is good though. :)

Chelsea Leigh3 years ago

Welcome to Dry Creek Trailhead in Boulder Colorado. Tucked away in the middle of nowhere. Down the street from the school. This Trailhead is extremely relaxing. Most people come here with their dogs. Which is really awesome! The trail is extremely long and you're able to walk for hours and hours. There's lots to see as you can tell from all my pictures. If you're looking for a great morning walk or even an afternoon walk. This is the place to go specially if you have pets. I always enjoy coming here and clearing my head. Thanks for looking! Chelsea

Kelley Smilkstein3 months ago

This is a great space for dogs to roam off leash, with voice and sight tag. There is a short section from the parking lot to the first set of trash cans that is a leashed area, otherwise, you can let em frolic!

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  • Monday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Thursday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Friday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Saturday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Sunday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM

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