Salberg Park: A Nature-Play Park With a Closed Building Next Door Salberg Park sits on a three-acre lot at 3045 19th Street in Boulder's Hillcrest neighborhood, and right now the property tells two different stories depending on which half you're looking at. The playground, basketball court, and open turf are running …

Elks Park: A Neighborhood Nature-Play Spot Next to the Elks Lodge Most Boulder neighborhood parks got their nature-play makeover through a standard city contract. Elks Park got its through a 2014 renovation process that brought the public into the redesign itself, and what came out of it is a play area built around a …

Columbine Park: A Nature-Play Park Built Around Rock and Riverbed Rock-shaped climbing forms, connected channels, and water-inspired play features stand in for the standard slide-and-swing set at Columbine Park, a neighborhood park the City of Boulder built directly against Columbine Elementary School at 2202 Glenwood …

Foothills Community Garden: Growing Together in NoBo Tucked into Foothills Community Park in North Boulder, Foothills Community Garden is one of seven community garden spaces managed by Growing Gardens, a Boulder County nonprofit with 25 years of experience connecting residents to the land. With 46-plus individual …

Primos Park: North Boulder's Next Neighborhood Park Boulder is building a new park on Violet Avenue. It has a name, Primos Park, but it is not built yet. The city named it in June 2024. That was the first time in ten years that Boulder named a new park. The site is 9 acres, between Broadway and 19th Street. The city's …

A Neighborhood Park in the Heart of Crestview Crestview Park sits quietly in one of north Boulder's most established neighborhoods. Located on Sumac Avenue, this small community park is the kind of place where kids ride bikes after school, dogs run across the grass, and neighbors stop to chat. It is not a destination …

North Boulder Park: Your Backyard Green Space in 80304 Not every great park needs to be 65 acres. Sometimes what a neighborhood needs most is a well-kept local park where you can let the kids burn off energy on the playground, or simply spread out on the grass with a good book. North Boulder Park is exactly that — a …

Boulder Reservoir: The City's Lake, Northeast of North Boulder Boulder Reservoir is a 700-acre lake on the plains northeast of Boulder. The City of Boulder owns and manages it. It stores water for drinking and for farm irrigation, and it is also the city's biggest place to swim, boat and fish. From North Boulder it is …

Wonderland Lake Playground: Fun for All Seasons And all the time in Boulder, CO 80304 The playground is a fun and engaging space for children of all ages. The City lists Wonderland Lake Park's amenities as: A playground and a shelter Open turf and a multi-use path Nature play opportunities, natural lands and water …

Foothills Community Park: Where North Boulder's Biggest Lot Meets Open Trail Foothills Community Park holds a fenced dog park, a soccer field, a multi-use field, two rinks — one for inline hockey and one now striped as four pickleball courts — and a basketball court on a single lot, then hands off directly to open …