Outdoors · Blue River

Blue River, CO parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Blue River is conserved land, roughly 215 acres. There are about 4.5 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Blue River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Blue River outdoors

Conserved land
13%
215 of 1,615 acres
Trails
4.5 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
152 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument

Managed by United States Forest Service
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Playgrounds in Blue River
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 1.7 miUnpaved 3.4 mi
  • Blue River Trail1.3 mi
  • Blue River (South)0.5 mi
  • Calle de Plata0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

215 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
215 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Blue River

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 215 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
White River National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service215Open
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Blue River's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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