Clear Creek is a tributary of the
South Platte River, approximately long, in north central
Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through
Clear Creek Canyon in the
Rocky Mountains directly west of
Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge on the
Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte. Clear Creek is unusual in that it is a stream named "creek" fed by a stream named "river". Fall River empties into Clear Creek along I-70 west of Idaho Springs, Colorado.