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River's Edge Natural Area
Nature preserve
128 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Loveland
Loveland, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Loveland is conserved land, roughly 3,577 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in River's Edge Natural Area (3.4 mi), Mehaffey Park (1.3 mi), and Fairgrounds Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Loveland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Loveland outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,577 of 23,971 acres
Trails
38 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
41
46 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
124.6 mi
102.8 mi lanes · 21.0 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
Mehaffey Park
Managed by City of Loveland
68 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Fairgrounds Park
Managed by City of Loveland
85 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Mariana Butte Natural Area
Nature preserve
25 acres1 mi of trail
Mariana Butte TrailHidden Hogback TrailTrail to the Top
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Chapungu Sculture Park at Centerra
Park
27 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Morey Wildlife Reserve
Nature preserve
28 acres0.7 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
7
Meadowbrook Natural Area
Nature preserve
26 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Oxbow Natural Area
Nature preserve
19 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 41 parks & preserves
- North Lake Park38 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Osborn Park13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Kings Crossing Natural Area12 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Cottonwood Run Natural Area74 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Centennial Park32 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Kroh Park25 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sunnyside Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Plum Creek Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Loveland Sports Park71 ac · Directions
- Benson Sculpture Garden16 ac · Directions
- Eagleview Park13 ac
- Emerald Glen Natural Area10 ac · Directions
- Seven Lakes Park10 ac
- Loch Lon Park10 ac
- Dwayne Webster Park6 ac · Directions
- McKee Park4 ac · Directions
- Woodmere Park4 ac
- Silver Glen Park4 ac
- Silver Lake Park4 ac · Directions
- Sunset Vista Natural Area3 ac · Directions
- Sherri Mar Park3 ac
- Derby Hill Park3 ac
- Edmondson Park3 ac
- Garfield Park2 ac
- Frank Farm Park2 ac
- Glen Arbor Park2 ac · Directions
- Estrella Park2 ac
- Westside Park1 ac
- Kirkview Park1 ac
- Allendale Park1 ac
- Loch Mount Park1 ac
- Big Sandy Park1 ac
- Independence Park1 ac
Who protects the land
3,577 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 302 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 87 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes102.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths21.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis33
- Baseball29
- Soccer23
- Basketball22
- Pickleball18
- Football5
- Skate park4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Loveland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Loveland'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 29.4-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.