Rotary Park

Costs $10 to park here. Lots of mountain bikers are on these trails. There is a bathroom in the parking lot. The view of the reservoir is nice from the top, but you can walk down to the water from here, too. This is a dog friendly hike but make sure to bring lots of water and have ways to cool your dog off because there is absolutely no shade. Our pup was able to cook off in the reservoir for a quick minute before we headed back up the hill. The best view here comes at sunrise and sunset.

This is one of our favorite places to visit. Just 5 minutes outside of Fort Collins, it offers top-notch sunset views, hiking, and picnicking. Locals can be found there on weeknights, just enjoying the view and spectacular Colorado sunsets. An Instagram gold mine!!

Hiked to this park via Maxwell natural area on the foothills trail. Really good hike and a challenging trail for mountain bikes. The park has a vault toilet and a parking lot with a view of Horsetooth reservoir on one side and all of Fort Collins on the other side. Has picnic tables and grills and a trail that goes down to the water.

What a wonderland for climbers! There’s boulders and walls galore here with well over 50 problems to solve from v0 to v10. Even if your not a climber, there’s massive rocks to sit upon and have a picnic right before the sun sets over Horsetooth reservoir. From March to November this place is crawling with kids of all ages climbing and or just walking around enjoying the weather. Early morning and late nights with a headlamp, peaceful bouldering.

Hiking by the water was so much fun! Groups were repairing part of the trail as we were walking, but it was never a problem. The trail does get narrow at some points, but overall it was great!

Awesome place to ride your mountain bike, have a picnic, take-in the views of Fort Collins or Horsetooth Reservoir, have a wedding, or have your picture taken. Outhouse available, and plenty of parking.

Beautiful place to hike, bike or just get away from town. Just a 15 minute drive and you are in a different world! It would get 5 stars except the rangers are always there checking for people that didn't pay their unbelievably high price of $7 for a day pass.