Welcome - Be A Good Steward: Protect & Respect Your Parks & Trails

Hours to enjoy the Parks throughout the City: 5:00am - 11:00pm

Office hours are 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri. For questions or to make reservations:   Please call the City of Fort Collins Parks Department 970-221-6660 or e-mail us at

For after hours, EMERGENCIES ONLY, call the Parks on-call pager: 970-206-2816

Tell us how we're doing.   Please take a few moments to complete our on-line customer survey.

If you would like to know more about public events and races happening in the Parks, along the Trails and throughout City streets, check out the Public Events Calendar. You can subscribe to the calendar for updates and add specific events to your own calendar.

Posted 1/17/12: Fossil Creek Ice Skating area is CLOSED for the season.

Posted 1/6/12: Temporary Legacy Park Closure Starting Monday, January 9, access to Legacy Park will be temporarily closed for the week (Jan 9 - Jan 13) due to construction while crews install a box culver siphon on the Lake Canal. Update 1/17/12: Unfortunately, construction is taking longer than expected. We are hopeful that the Park will be open by Friday, January 20.

Ice Skating at City Park Sheldon
The outdoor ice rink at City Park Sheldon Lake is still available for skating. There is no charge to skate, and you will need to have your own skates (rentals are NOT available).

Please stay within the safety barricades to ensure you are on solid ice, and please watch and obey the posted Open/Close sign for your safety.

The citizens of Fort Collins have been enjoying the city park system for over 100 years. Fort Collins currently has 820 acres of developed park land including 6 community parks and 44 neighborhood/pocket parks. We also have 29 miles of recreational trails that flow through our City.

The Park/Cemeteries Division of the Culture, Parks, Recreation and Environment (CPRE) Service Unit provides maintenance and stewardship of parks, cemeteries, trails, medians and other public grounds for the Fort Collins community; and works to keep them clean, safe and in usable condition for everyone to enjoy.
           

PARKS VISION & MISSION

VISION:  To enhance and create outstanding quality of life experiences at our parks, in downtown and along our trails for the community.

MISSION:  We will provide high quality personal services to the visiting public and exemplary environmental stewardship in our parkland which provides a healthy, safe, sustainable parks and public spaces program.

Quick Access to Frequently Needed Information

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Parks Forms - Reservation Requests, Information and Rules
Public Events in Fort Collins
Integrated Pest Management
2011 Parks Organizational Chart
2012 Turf and Ballfield Information
City Line 416-2489 x5640 for Rainout Information after 4:00pm.

For Your Information

The interactive water features, listed below, are typcially open between Memorial Day and Labor Day

The interactive water features located at Fossil Creek Park, Oak Street Plaza and Spring Canyon Park are closed for the winter - Hours of operation for Fossil Creek & Spring Canyon Parks is 9:00am-7:00pm. Hours of operation for Oak Street Plaza Park is 10:00am-10:00pm

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The winter schedule for for tennis court lights start at the beginning of standard time (first Sunday in November) through daylight savings time (second Sunday in March). The winter schedule means the lights shut off at 9:00pm.

The tennis court lights at the following parks are on the winter schedule: Spring Canyon Park, Warren Park, Rolland Moore Park and Fossil Creek Park. We also have two tennis courts available with lights until 9:00pm at Fossil Ridge High School.

The tennis court lights at the following parks are shut off in the winter as a cost savings: Lee Martinez Park, City Park and Edora Park.

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Recreation is responsible for the operation of the, paddle boats and outdoor pool at City Park - See Recreations Web Page.

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Trolley - Contact Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society 224-5372 - Hours of Operations: Weekends & Holidays
      Admission: $1.00 Adults / Children 12 and under .50 cents / Seniors .75 cents

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