Before You Go: Check Trail & Parking Conditions
- Natural Areas Trail Conditions webpage fcgov.com/naturalareas/status
- COTREX https://trails.colorado.gov/
The busiest times at natural areas are weekends, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., so try visiting earlier or later, or on weekday mornings for the best chance at parking. Have an alternate destination in mind. When parking lots are full try another trailhead or come back another time. Avoid a parking ticket! Only park in designated spaces. All natural areas are free to enter, except Gateway Natural Area.
Zone Update Incorporates Your Feedback
Urban Zone natural areas provide a close to home connection with nature. Input from the community is helping to shape management direction of the ten natural areas in the Urban Zone. Community feedback, along with input from partnering departments and staff expertise, guided the development of over 70 management tactics to be implemented in the next seven years. Please review the draft Urban Zone Update to see if your priorities are reflected and share your feedback.
A Year of Positive Impact
Natural Areas has positively impacted the community through conservation, recreation, and outreach efforts. Kestrel Fields Natural Area opened. 309 acres of land was acquired for land conservation. The Flow Restoration Project at the Environmental Learning Center was completed. And more!
Host Your Next Event at Primrose Studio
Primrose Studio is a secluded lakefront event venue at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area. It is perfect for corporate meetings, yoga and art classes, special events and more.