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Waneka Park
Park
97 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lafayette
Lafayette, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Lafayette is conserved land, roughly 1,291 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Waneka Park (1.7 mi), Rothman Open Space (1.1 mi), and Whitetail Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lafayette, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lafayette outdoors
Conserved land
22%
1,291 of 6,018 acres
Trails
33 mi
3.5 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
42 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
32.5 mi
11.8 mi lanes · 16.4 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
Rothman Open Space
Nature preserve
74 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Whitetail Park
Park
12 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Greenlee Wildlife Preserve
Nature preserve
18 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
5
Cross Ridge Park
Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
LaMont Does Park
Park
14 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Yarrow Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
8
Lafayette City Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 28 parks & preserves
- Ofelia Miramontes Park4 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Silver Creek Park3 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Adler-Fingru Open Space78 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Warembourg-Lafayette Farms21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bullhead Gulch Open Space10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Forest Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Romero Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sunset Maple Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cherrywood Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Whispering Meadows Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- John Breaux Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cottonwood Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Simpson Mine Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kneebone Open Space26 ac
- Blue Heron Park7 ac
- Josephine Roche Open Space3 ac
- Autumn Ash Park3 ac · Directions
- Julie Mensik Park1 ac
- Lindenwood Park1 ac
- Greenlee Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,291 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 317 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 49 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes11.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Basketball15
- Baseball10
- Soccer8
- Beach volleyball3
- Volleyball2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lafayette and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 21.5% | 32.5 mi | 28 |
| Erie | 14.9% | 19.5 mi | 19 |
| Louisville | 23.4% | 15.3 mi | 38 |
| Broomfield | 20.5% | 38.9 mi | 73 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lafayette'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.