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Parks & Open Space

5201 St. Vrain Road
Longmont, CO  80503
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tel (303) 678-6200
fax (303) 678-6180

Boulder County Fairgrounds
9595 Nelson Rd.
Affolter House
Longmont, CO  80501
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tel (303) 678-6235
fax (303) 678-6322

 


Activities Available on Open Space

Boulder County Parks and Open Space offers a variety of natural and cultural history programs and events open to the public. A description of each event and time and place to meet are given in the Parks and Open Space calendar.

For more information on our public programs, you can read Images of Boulder County Parks and Open Space.

Some shelters may be reserved for a fee, while others are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit our shelter calendar to see when the shelters are available for first-come first-served use.

Any group of 25 people or more visiting any open space property must have a Group/Special Use Reservation, unless the group has already obtained a shelter reservation. Please allow  one to two weeks to process your request.

Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department does not plow open space parking lots. For more information visit the Snow webpage

For a recreational activities by park, please see our Summary of Public Open Space Parks & Activities.

Fishing at Cattail Pond at the Fairgrounds.

Agricultural Heritage Center

Dogs

Fairgrounds

Fishing

Geocaching Registration

Hiking

Horses

Kid's Nature Detectives Club

Mountain Bikes

Snowshoeing & Cross County Skiling
Special Programs

Shelter Reservations

Walker Ranch Special Event

Group/Special Use Reservations

Any group of 25 people or more (whether nonprofit, educational, governmental, or social) must receive a group reservation before their activity on Boulder County open space.

Group activities include, but are not limited to: research projects, hikes, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing, picnicking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and nature studies.

Special use activities include access to open space properties that don't fall under the generally accepted definition of passive use, e.g., events by non-profit organizations.

Please fill out the group/special use reservation form to initiate a reservation request.

For more information call (303) 678-6222 or email swilliams@bouldercounty.org.

 

 

Black-tailed prairie dog.

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