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Josephine Jones Natural Area
Nature preserve
45 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Greeley
Greeley, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of Greeley is conserved land, roughly 2,112 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Josephine Jones Natural Area (2.1 mi), Signature Bluffs Natural Area (1.9 mi), and Bittersweet Park (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Greeley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Greeley outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
2,112 of 32,442 acres
Trails
51 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
48
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
91.2 mi
68.4 mi lanes · 22.0 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
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
Signature Bluffs Natural Area
Managed by City of Greeley
119 acres1.9 mi of trail
Signature Bluffs TrailCottonwood Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo CR 29 Trailhead
3
Bittersweet Park
Park
36 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sheep Draw Natural Area
Managed by City of Greeley
160 acres0.9 mi of trail
abandonded trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Promontory Park
Managed by Promontory North HOA
27 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Cranford Park
Managed by University of Northern Colorado
5 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
McCloskey Natural Area
Managed by City of Greeley
44 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Sanborn Park
Park
33 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Sanborn Park Parking
All 48 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 48 parks & preserves
Josephine Jones Natural Area45 acres · 2.1 mi of trail
Signature Bluffs Natural Area119 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of Greeley
Bittersweet Park36 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Sheep Draw Natural Area160 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Greeley
Promontory Park27 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Promontory North HOA
Cranford Park5 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · University of Northern Colorado
McCloskey Natural Area44 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Greeley
Sanborn Park33 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Glenmere Park12 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Homestead Park9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,112 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 299 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 85 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes68.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths22.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis53
- Baseball29
- Basketball21
- Soccer19
- Football10
- Softball9
- Pickleball9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Greeley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Greeley'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 33.4-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.