Outdoors · Redlands

Redlands, CO parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.4% of Redlands is conserved land, roughly 458 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Redlands outdoors

Conserved land
5.4%
458 of 8,545 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
52 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.1 mi
4.5 mi lanes · 2.4 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

123
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

McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area

Managed by Bureau of Land Management
66 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dinosaur Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dinosaur Hill Trailhead
2

Kindred Reserve

Managed by City of Grand Junction
11 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Colorado National Monument

Nature preserve
7 acres0.2 mi of trail
Fenceline
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Redlands
Connected lakes Boat RampFee
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 4.3 miHorses 1.8 miUnpaved 8.5 mi
Showing 1–10 of 16 trails
  • Dinosaur Hill0.9 mi
  • Waterfowl Loop Trail0.8 mi
  • Connected Lakes Trail0.4 mi
  • Hard Ticket To Hawaii0.4 mi
  • Rocky Loop0.4 mi
  • Water Tank Trails0.3 mi
  • Washerwoman0.3 mi
  • Fenceline0.3 mi
  • Liberty Cap Trail0.2 mi
  • Foundation0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

458 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
333 ac
State parks
49 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
42 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
23 ac
Private owners
16 ac
National Park Service
7 ac
County
5 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 113 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes4.5 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes5.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis3
  • Basketball3
  • Volleyball1
  • Baseball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Redlands

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 180 acState Conservation Area 153 acUnknown Easement 75 acConservation Easement 54 acNational Monument 7 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park - Connected LakesState ParkState fish & wildlife180Open
Walker State Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife153Open
Colorado National MonumentNational MonumentNational Park Service7Open
Monument Villiage Open SpaceLocal ParkCounty5Open
The Nature Conservancy National Land Trust LandsPrivate Other or UnknownLand trusts & nonprofits1Closed
Nearby

Redlands and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Redlands5.4%17.8 mi3
Grand Junction4.5%86.2 mi32
Fruita18.5%20.1 mi7
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Redlands'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 26.2-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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