The best 15 km runs in Boulder
The best scoring runs in Boulder at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, 17.8 km17.8 km, 868 m up
- 2 From 9th & Arapahoe Ave14.3 km, 437 m up
- 3 From Gillaspie Dr & Kittrell Ct15.2 km, 987 m up
- 4 From College Ave & 9th St14.4 km, 429 m up
- 5 From Table Mesa Dr & Yale Rd16.8 km, 1,025 m up
- 6 From Broadway & Pleasant St15.3 km, 435 m up
- 7 From Broadway & Walnut St17.3 km, 591 m up
- 8 Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, 14.1 km14.1 km, 684 m up
- 9 From Downtown Boulder Station Gate P15.8 km, 449 m up
- 10 From Spruce St & 13th St16.1 km, 446 m up
The best 20 km rides in Boulder
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Boulder then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 410 stations across Boulder and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 162 in all. How we pick the starts
- Crossroads
- Ara
- Twenty Ninth Street
- East Campus
- Whittier
- Edgewood
- Parkside
- Goss Grove
- Palo Park
- Wellman Creek
- Main Campus
- Hillside
- East Foothills
- Downtown
- Pearl Street Mall
- Baseline
- West Hawthorne
- Central Boulder
- Columbine
- Hawthorne
- Canterbury Acres
- University Place
- Mapleton Hill
- Southeast Boulder
- Newlands
- Ninth Street
- Martin Acres
- Flatirons
- Crestview
- Juniper/Kalmia
- Forest Glen
- Gapter
- Knollwood
- North Boulder
- South 45th
- North Wonderland
- South Boulder
- Tantra Circle
- Table Mesa South
- Gunbarrel
Running in parks and forests
Cycling by station
We tested 12 stations, one in each 3 km square of Boulder. These 3 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.