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Apex Park
Managed by Jefferson County Open Space
532 acres7.7 mi of trail
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Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Golden
Golden, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Golden is conserved land, roughly 1,676 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Apex Park (7.7 mi), City of Golden North Table Mountain Area (2 mi), and Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Golden, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Golden outdoors
Conserved land
27%
1,676 of 6,199 acres
Trails
29 mi
3 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
82 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
31.3 mi
6.2 mi lanes · 22.1 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.
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City of Golden North Table Mountain Area
Park
141 acres2 mi of trail
North Table Mountain TrailClimbing Access Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex
Park
59 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Golden Heights Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Clear Creek History Park
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
Apex Park532 acres · 7.7 mi of trail · Jefferson County Open Space
City of Golden North Table Mountain Area141 acres · 2 mi of trail
Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex59 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Golden Heights Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Clear Creek History Park2 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Clear Creek25 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Westblade Park23 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
South Ridge Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DeLong Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Golden
New Loveland Mine Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,676 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 33 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths22.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball17
- Soccer13
- Tennis12
- Basketball10
- Football4
- Tracks3
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Golden and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden | 27% | 28.8 mi | 25 |
| West Pleasant View | 7.3% | 2.8 mi | 3 |
| Fairmount | 5.7% | 7.5 mi | 5 |
| Lakewood | 24.3% | 121.2 mi | 73 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Golden'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.