| Box Elder Creek[1] | |
| Map: | File:South Platte basin map.png |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 39.5017°N -104.5611°W |
| Mouth Location: | Confluence with the South Platte |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 40.3744°N -104.4672°W |
| Progression: | South Platte—Platte— Missouri—Mississippi |
| Mouth Elevation: | 4554feet |
Box Elder Creek is a tributary that joins the South Platte River near Kersey, Colorado. It rises in Elbert County, Colorado.
The creek flows through Elbert, Arapahoe, Adams, and Weld counties. It passes near Denver International Airport.
It was the site of the Hungate massacre which had a family of four murdered.[2]