City of Fort Collins
\n<\/strong>Fort Collins has a lot natural areas, many of them with paved or easy trails.
\nFossil Creek Trail 5.17 miles paved. \u00a0“…runs through the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area<\/a> along Fossil Creek. It extends west and north to meet the Spring Creek Trail at Spring Canyon Park.”
\nPoudre Trail 12.3 miles paved. \u00a0 From traillink.com<\/a>\u00a0 “…follows the meandering course of the Poudre River from the Bellevue Watson Fish Hatchery to Colorado State University’s Environmental Learning Center on East Drake. The trail passes through wooded corridors and among agricultural and natural areas, small lakes and holding ponds, parks and light industrial sites.” \u00a0 Natural Areas crossed or bordered by the Poudre Trail include\u00a0Butterfly Woods<\/a>\u00a0, Gustav Swanson<\/a>,\u00a0Homestead<\/a>, Willams<\/a>, Springer,<\/a>\u00a0Riverbend Ponds<\/a>,\u00a0Kingfisher Point<\/a>, Cattail Chorus<\/a>, Prospect Ponds<\/a>, and Arapahoe Bend.<\/a><\/p>\n

Arapaho Bend Natural Area<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 “About 4 miles of natural surface and paved trail follow the edge of the ponds in a loop and encircle Rigden Reservoir.”
\nNorth Shields Ponds<\/a> \u00a0 Map<\/a>\u00a0 “1.5 miles of natural surface trail, wheelchair accessible fishing deck…”
\nCoyote Ridge Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 “The Hidden Clues Trail is a 1\/4 mile interpretive loop located about 1 mile into the site. The interpretive loop is wheelchair accessible. The City will make arrangements for groups of persons with limited mobility to have vehicle access to the accessible trail loop. Call 970-416-2815 or email…”
\nFischer Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 0.3 mile of the paved Spring Creek Trail<\/p>\n

Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 Heron Loop 0.25, \u00a0Trail Map<\/a>
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\n<\/span>? \u00a0<\/strong>Magpie Meander Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 Map<\/a> 0.16 miles of natural surface trail looks as if it is accessible. \u00a0There is an accessible fishing pier.
\nMallards Nest Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 0.4 mil of Spring Creek Trail<\/p>\n

Pelican Marsh Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Map<\/a> \u00a0“There is about 1 mile of flat trail including a paved trail connecting Water’s Way Park to Carpenter Road, a gravel trail along Carpenter Road and a paved trail from Water’s Way Park to a wildlife viewing area of Robert Benson Reservoir.”
\nPineridge Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 1.8 mile soft surface loop round Dixon Reservoir.<\/p>\n

Red Fox Meadows Natural Area<\/a>
\nMap<\/a> \u00a01 mile of flat soft surface
\nReservoir Ridge Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 The Parking lot at Overland Trail Rd is at start of an “easy flat trail” 1.4 miles.
\nRiverbend Ponds Natural Area<\/a> \u00a0 Map<\/a>\u00a0 In addition to the Poudre Trail, there are “About three miles of natural surface trails and a boardwalk from the Cherly St. entrance.”
\nRoss Natural Area<\/a> \u00a00.7 mile of paved Spring Creek Trail goes through this area.
\nSalyer Natural Area<\/a> \u00a0Map<\/a> \u00a00.3 mile paved and 0.3 miles natural surface.<\/p>\n

Soapstone Prairie Natural Area<\/a> \u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 Brochure<\/a>
\nLindenmeier Overlook trail \u00a00.25 paved to pavillion with interpretive signs.
\nThe Coterie Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 0.1 mile of the paved Spring Creek Trail<\/p>\n

Two Creeks Natural Area<\/a>\u00a0 0.2 mile paved. \u00a0Nearest parking is in Fossil Creek Park<\/a> 5821 S. Lemay Ave.
\nMap of Wheelchair Accessible Trails<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Trails<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Map of Natural Areas<\/a>
\nParks 970-221-6660 \u00a0Recreation \u00a0970-221-6655
\nNatural Areas<\/a> \u00a0970-416-2815\u00a0Rangers 970-416-2147
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City of Fort Collins Fort Collins has a lot natural areas, many of them with paved or easy trails. Fossil Creek Trail 5.17 miles paved. \u00a0“…runs through the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area along Fossil Creek. It extends west and north to meet the Spring Creek Trail at Spring Canyon Park.” Poudre Trail 12.3 miles … Continue reading City of Fort Collins<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8617,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions\/8617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}