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Carmichael Park
Park
15 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brighton
Brighton, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Brighton is conserved land, roughly 846 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Carmichael Park (1.2 mi), Adams County Natural Park (1.1 mi), and Donelson Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brighton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brighton outdoors
Conserved land
6%
846 of 14,019 acres
Trails
24 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
20 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.4 mi
6.4 mi lanes · 17.9 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
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.
2
Adams County Natural Park
Park
25 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Donelson Park
Managed by City of Brighton
17 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Observatory Park
Park
36 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Brighton Sports Complex
Park
31 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Footprint Park
Park
4 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Bjaa Park
Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Happy Tails Off-Leash Dog Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
Carmichael Park15 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Adams County Natural Park25 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Donelson Park17 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Brighton
Observatory Park36 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Brighton Sports Complex31 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Footprint Park4 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Bjaa Park7 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Happy Tails Off-Leash Dog Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Ken Mitchell Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Water Tower Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
846 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 58 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths17.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Basketball15
- Tennis15
- Soccer14
- Football6
- Softball2
- Tracks2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Brighton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 6% | 24.1 mi | 25 |
| Todd Creek | 4.9% | 9.0 mi | 1 |
| Commerce City | 3.9% | 25.7 mi | 30 |
| Lochbuie | 7.2% | 2.2 mi | 0 |
| Fort Lupton | 4.7% | 10.9 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brighton'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 27.3-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.