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Outdoor Activities in Colorado Springs

The City of Colorado Springs has 7 regional parks, 8 community parks, 5 sports complexes, 136 neighborhood parks, and 47 open spaces. The City has 105 miles of urban trails and 160 miles of park trails, and two public golf courses. Many Olympic athletes and Olympic hopefuls train at the Olympic Training Center located in the central Colorado Springs real estate area because of the great Colorado weather and altitude, also making it a great destination for your Colorado Springs military relocation. Click here to visit the site.

Colorado Springs offers many outdoor recreational activities. Centrally located, Memorial Park has a skate and BMX park for inline skaters, skateboarders, and BMX bikers. Gossage Skate Park is a 12,800 sq. ft. bowl/street combination and the John L. Stone Skate Park is a 7300 square foot street course. Gossage State Park and John L. Stone Skate Park are also located in the central real estate area of Colorado Springs. Click here to visit the site

The largest park in the Colorado Springs real estate area is Cheyenne Mountain State Park. The Park is located in the foothills of Cheyenne Mountain in the western real estate area of Colorado Springs. Plenty of hiking and biking take place in the Park year around. There are 56 miles of trails (hiking and horseback) in Cheyenne Mountain State Park. Below is a list of City of Colorado Springs trails, sports complexes, and golf courses.

Acacia Park, Uncle Wilbur	Cheyenne Mountain State Park	Cheyenne Mountain State Park	Cottonwood Creek Park
Garden of the Gods	Gossage Youth Spts Complex	Palmer Park Rocks Small	Patty Jewett Golf Course

Central Real Estate Area

Urban trails include: Greencrest, 2.6 miles, Shooks Run, 3.9 miles, Sinton, 2.9 miles, and Templeton Gap, 5.1 miles
Park trails include: Memorial Park (2 trails and a bike loop), Monument Valley Park (several trails totaling 4.25 miles), Palmer Park, 25.65 miles (multiple hiking/biking trails), Prospect Lake, 1.25 miles, and Sinton Pond Loop, .28 miles
Patty Jewett Golf Course, 18 holes
Gossage Youth Sports Complex
Regional parks include: Palmer Park, 730.7 acres

North Real Estate Area

Urban trails include: Austin Bluffs, 2.1 miles, Briargate, 2.75 miles, Cottonwood, 3.75 miles, La Foret, 1.3 miles, North Douglas Creek, 1.25 miles, Pikes Peak Greenway, 14 miles, Skyline, 1.5 miles, and Woodmen, 3.8 miles
Park trails include: Cottonwood Creek Park (giant loop), Dublin Park, .42 miles
Four Diamonds Sports Complex
Lawrence Ochs Sports Complex (to be built)

South Real Estate Area

Regional trails: The Fountain Creek Regional Trail, 10 ½ miles
Valley Hi Golf Course, 18 holes
El Pomar Youth Sports Complex
Sky View Adult Softball Complex
Leon Young Youth Sports Complex
Fountain Creek Regional Park

East Real Estate Area

Urban trails include: Homestead, 8.2 miles, Rock Island, 5.8 miles, Sand Creek, 3.5 miles, and Stetson, 1.85 miles
Park trails include: Otero Park, .22 miles
Tutt Sports Complex (to be built)
Regional parks include: Jimmy Camp Creek (currently no road access) 692.8 acres

West Real Estate Area

Urban trails include: Bear Creek, .4 miles, Chamberlain, 3.6 miles, Foothills, 6.5 miles, Mesa Springs Greenway, 2.75 miles, Mesa Valley, 2.15 miles, Midland, 1.6 miles, Palmer-Mesa, 3.6 miles, and Rockrimmon, 2.1 miles
Regional parks include: Garden of the Gods, 1,319.1, Bear Creek Canon, 765.6 acres, North Cheyenne Canon, 1,276.9 acres, North Slope Recreation Area, 2,267 acres, Ute Valley, 338.4 acres
Park trails include: Bear Creek Canon Park, 3.86 miles, Garden of the Gods Park, 23.06 miles, North Cheyenne Cañon Park, 8.41 miles, Oak Creek, .40 miles, Quail Lake, 1 mile, Sondermann Park, 2.36 miles, Ute Valley Park, 7.65 miles

The City of Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation has many proposed trails it is working on completing. The above-referenced trail surfaces vary from concrete to natural, and gravel surfaces. The Santa Fe Trail is a long, wide trail that runs through the northwest part of Colorado Springs. The trail is used for numerous types of activities in the summer and winter months.

There is plenty of fishing and camping surrounding the City of Colorado Springs. Fishing hot spots include: Lake Pueblo State Park, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Cheeseman Reservoir, Elevenn Mile, Manitou Lake, Monument Lake, Palmer Lake, Pikes Peak North Slope, Poudre River, Prospect Lake, Deckers, Spinney Reservoir, Tarryall Reservoir, Twin Lakes, Quail Lake, Rainbow Falls Park, and Rampart Reservoir. Rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, and lake trout are common catches at many of these fishing areas. Click here to visit the site

Whatever your favorite outdoor activity is you can most likely find it in Colorado Springs and the neighboring areas. The sun shines most of the time in the City.

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