1
Horse Gulch
Managed by City of Durango
1,281 acres23.7 mi of trail
Cuchillo TrailPower Line TrailRooster TrailRocky Road TrailMeadow Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Durango
Durango, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Durango is conserved land, roughly 2,872 acres. There are about 103 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Horse Gulch (23.7 mi), Overend Mountain Park (9.5 mi), and Twin Buttes (7.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Durango, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Durango outdoors
Conserved land
23%
2,872 of 12,780 acres
Trails
103 mi
5.2 mi per sq mi · 48 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
148 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
42.0 mi
18.2 mi lanes · 17.8 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
Overend Mountain Park
Park
349 acres9.5 mi of trail
Hidden Valley TrailPerins Gulch TrailHogsback TrailElla Vita TrailGrabens Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Twin Buttes
Managed by City of Durango
579 acres7.9 mi of trail
Cliff Rock Loop TrailUpper Twin Buttes TrailUpper Ed & Flo TrailTwin Buttes TrailUpper Bc&F Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Dalla Mountain Park
Park
318 acres6.4 mi of trail
Junction TrailJacobs Cliff TrailPonderosaAnimas Mountain TrailBirket
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Bodo SWA
Nature preserve
98 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog Park
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Oxbow Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Oxbow Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
Horse Gulch1,281 acres · 23.7 mi of trail · City of Durango
Overend Mountain Park349 acres · 9.5 mi of trail
Twin Buttes579 acres · 7.9 mi of trail · City of Durango
Dalla Mountain Park318 acres · 6.4 mi of trail
Bodo SWA98 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Oxbow Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Animas River Trail34 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area1,852 acres
Santa Rita - Whitewater Park14 acres
Memorial Park10 acres
Who protects the land
2,872 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,308 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 of 48 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes18.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths17.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.9 mi
- Rim Trail (bike route)3.2 mi
- Twin Buttes Trail (bike route)3.1 mi
- Raiders Ridge Trail (bike route)3 mi
- Telegraph Trail (bike route)2.7 mi
- Power Line (bike route)2.1 mi
- Cucillo (bike route)2 mi
- Lions Den Trail (bike route)1.5 mi
- Crites Connect Trail (bike route)1.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis10
- Baseball10
- Football2
- Pickleball1
- Skate park1
- Equestrian1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Durango'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 24.5-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.