Bear Creek Regional Park, Colorado Springs

This place is gorgeous! Love to let my kids play while I take in the scenery around me. It’s a great place to have picnics and parties. It’s a huge park with a ton of open green space. There are pavilions you can reserve or use on a first come/first serve basis. The equipment is entertaining to children and overall it’s a very nice, calm vibe. This is a community sustainability project—There is a community garden located right in the park.

Inside the city limits, this 545-acre regional park supports picnic pavilions, playing fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, archery range, horseshoe pit, volleyball and basketball courts. Additionally, ten miles of multi-purpose, non-motorized trails wind through the park. There are also public restrooms, and the entire park is free to the public.