The wide open lawn offers the perfect setting for year-round play, and the open space also offers baseball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts and playgrounds. Surrounded by natural areas and near Fossil Creek Reservoir, Fossil Creek Park is also within close proximity to Miramont Park and the award-winning Twin Silo Park.ĭirectly adjacent to Redwing Marsh Natural Area, Greenbriar Park encompasses more than 22 acres in North Fort Collins. A popular spot for the whole family, this South Fort Collins gem is home to the Southridge Golf Course, Fossil Creek Dog Park, amazing playgrounds, a splash park, a skate park, tennis, basketball and hockey courts, and baseball fields. Just half an acre smaller than Spring Canyon Park, Fossil Creek is one of the largest community parks in Fort Collins. Nearby, you can also explore Eastside Park, Indian Hills Park, and the spacious natural areas of East Fort Collins, including Kingfisher Point, Riverbend Ponds and Prospect Ponds. It’s home to the Edora Pool Ice Center, a community garden, a skate park, playgrounds, a disc golf course, baseball fields, basketball courts and tennis courts. That long list includes Sheldon Lake and City Park Pool, City Park Nine Golf Course, playgrounds, and sports fields that include baseball fields, softball fields and tennis courts.Įncompassing more than 65 acres in the heart of Fort Collins, Edora Park is one of the city’s most popular. Nearby, you can also explore Rogers Park, Avery Park, and all the attractions of Downtown Fort Collins. One of the largest parks in Fort Collins, City Park offers more than 85 acres of outdoor space and kid-friendly attractions. Nearby, you can also explore Overland Park, City Park, Blevins Park and several Natural Areas like Red Fox Meadows Natural Area. The park reopened in August 2017 with an updated playground, remodeled restrooms, a new shelter, creek elements and a new bridge. Enjoy!Īvery Park covers 17 acres and is the neighborhood park for the Avery Park neighborhood in Central Fort Collins. Covering every area of the city-from north to south and east to west-these parks offer some of the best open spaces, sports fields and family-friendly attractions in town. In this guide, we rounded up all the community parks and highlights from the largest and newest neighborhood parks. The City maintains more than 925 acres of developed parkland, including seven larger community parks and more than 40 neighborhood parks-with more on the way. Can you see why Twin Silo Park has won so many awards and accolades? To learn more about Twin Silo Park – including the story behind the “seventh community park to open in the City of Fort Collins” and the awards it has received – please visit the City of Fort Collins website.ĭo you have a favorite attraction, event, or restaurant that you’d like to see featured here on Only in Colorado? Remember to nominate it here! When in Fort Collins, be sure to check out old-school cartoons and eat granola at Colorado’s nostalgic Lyric Theatre.In addition to Horsetooth Mountain Open Space and Lory State Park, the abundant Natural Areas all over the city, and the outdoor havens further out (looking at you, Rocky Mountain National Park), Fort Collins is a city of parks. As if you needed another reason to visit and love this innovative park, Twin Silo also offers hiking trails, gardens, a pickleball court, a BMX park and more. Aside from the slide, Twin Silo Park also offers shaded climbing equipment, tunnels, and plenty of open space to run and play. In addition to its nursery rhyme design, the playground at Twin Silo Park also features the tallest slide in Fort Collins, which runs between two 48-foot tall farm silos. While there’s plenty to see and do around this masterpiece of a park, our favorite part is the innovative farm-themed playground, planned and designed to honor the city’s rich agricultural history. It is a 54 hectare oasis that has been carefully planned. Located in Fort Collins, Twin Silo Park is considered one of the most unique parks in the country. Parks and playgrounds are one of the most iconic and beloved parts of childhood, and lucky for us Coloradans we have so many unique ones to visit! However, if we had to recommend just one, it would have to be Colorado’s barn and farm-themed Twin Silo Park – just wait until you see why: