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 |
| Fischer |
| Flores del Sol (not open yet) |
| Fossil Creek Resevoir |
| Fossil Creek Wetlands (no parking) |
| Gateway |
| Goose Hollow (no parking) |
| Gustav Swanson |
| Hazaleus |
| Homestead |
| Kestrel Fields (not open yet) |
| Kingfisher Point |
| Magpie Meander |
| Mallard’s Nest |
| Maxwell |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ramsay-Shockey Open Space |
| Red Mountain Open Space |
| River Bluffs Open Space |
| Lory State Park |
| Prairie Ridge (Loveland) |