The 21-mile Clear Creek Trail runs from Clear Creek Canyon near Golden to the South Platte Trail near Commerce City. Most of ...

The South Platte River Trail in Julesburg, Colorado, was voted the seventh-best recreational trail in the USA by USA TODAY 10Best readers. The 19-mile trail features historical sites like Fort ...

In addition to those points, the South Platte River Trail connects to the Lincoln Highway – the nation’s first coast-to-coast car route – and Colorado’s only Pony Express Station.

Readers then made their choices for the best of the bunch, including tapping the South Platte River Trail in Julesburg as the No. 7 recreational trail. It was one of only three trails in the ...