Fort Collins has loads of hiking near by! Come with me as I try to explore every inch of it.
Fort Collins Natural Areas
Arapaho Bend – A park with hikes along wetlands and reservoirs. |
Bobcat Ridge |
Butterfly Woods (no parking) |
Cathy Fromme Prairie |
Cattail Chorus (no parking) |
Colina Mariposa (no parking) |
Cottonwood Hollow |
Coyote Ridge |
Eagel View (not open yet) |
Environmental Learning Center – Run by CSU, this place has environmental education offerings as well as trails. |
Fischer |
Flores del Sol (not open yet) |
Fossil Creek Reservoir – Beautiful lake views and bird watching! |
Fossil Creek Wetlands (no parking) |
Gateway |
Goose Hollow (no parking) |
Gustav Swanson |
Hazaleus |
Homestead |
Kestrel Fields (not open yet) |
Kingfisher Point – A little walk near a pond. |
Magpie Meander |
Mallard’s Nest |
Maxwell – Hike up to A Mountain and get amazing views of town and the Horsetooth Reservoir. |
McMurry |
North Shields Ponds |
Pelican Marsh |
Pineridge – The first place I ever hiked in Fort Collins, complete with a lake and prairie dogs. |
Prairie Dog Meadow |
Prospect Ponds |
Puente Verde |
Red Fox Meadows |
Redtail Grove |
Redwing Marsh |
Reservoir Ridge |
Riverbend Ponds – My favorite place to stroll and enjoy beautiful the beautiful wetlands of the Poudre River. |
River’s Edge |
Ross |
Running Deer |
Salyer |
Soaring Vista |
Soapstone Prairie |
Springer |
The Coterie – Watch prairie dogs just off the Spring Creek Trail. |
Tanglewood |
Topminnow (not open yet) |
Two Creeks |
Udall |
Williams |
Larimer County Parks and Other Open Spaces Near Fort Collins
Big Thompson Parks |
Carter Lake |
Devil’s Backbone Open Space (N) |
Devil’s Backbone Open Space (S) |
Eagle’s Nest Open Space |
Flatiron Reservoir |
Hermit Park Open Space |
Horsetooth Mountain Open Space |
Horsetooth Reservoir |
Lions Open Space |
Pinewood Reservoir – Hike across the lake shore and into the foothills near Loveland, CO. |
Ramsay-Shockey Open Space |
Red Mountain Open Space |
River Bluffs Open Space |
Lory State Park |
Prairie Ridge (Loveland) |