Outdoors · Morrison

Morrison, CO parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.4% of Morrison is conserved land, roughly 36 acres. There are about 1.7 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Morrison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Morrison outdoors

Conserved land
3.4%
36 of 1,052 acres
Trails
1.7 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
1.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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

12
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.
1

Bear Creek Lake Park

Managed by City of Lakewood
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Mount Glennon Park

Managed by Jefferson County Open Space
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Mount Glennon Park Trailhead Website
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 0.8 miUnpaved 1.7 mi
  • Turkey Trot Trail0.4 mi
  • Castle Trail0.3 mi
Who protects the land

36 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Joint
17 ac
County
17 ac
Town or city
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 11 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Morrison

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 24 acLocal Other or Unknown 11 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Mount Falcon ParkLocal ParkCounty13Open
Strain GulchLocal Other or UnknownJoint5Closed
Mount LindoLocal ParkCounty5Open
Mount FalconLocal Other or UnknownJoint4Closed
Denver Mtn ParkLocal ParkJoint3Open
Red Rocks ParkLocal ParkJoint3Open
Bear Creek Lake ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Mount GlennonLocal ParkCounty1Open
Nearby

Morrison and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Morrison3.4%1.7 mi2
Lakewood24.3%121.2 mi73
Indian Hills2.9%0.6 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Morrison'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.

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