Dry Creek Community Park - Phase 1 Under Construction
American Civil Constructors is underway with construction for Phase 1 park improvements. For your own safety, Please stay out of the construction area!
Reminder Park Restrooms close around the middle of October and reopen mid-April.
Restrooms in City parks get closed for the winter season because the park restrooms are not heated, and therefore pipes can freeze if the restrooms are open during the winter. The projected opening date for all park restrooms is April 15. Thanks for enjoying our parks and for your understanding.
Chick Clark Kid's Fishing Event
The 9th Annual Spring Kid's Fishing Extravaganza takes place on Saturday, March 24th, at Izaak Walton Park, 18 So. Sunset St. Free fishing for kids 15 years and younger. The first 250 kids to register and complete the fishing clinic will receive a free fishing pole, adult supervision encouraged. There will also be free hot dogs and soda for the whole family from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information or to sign up call Lore Blattner at 303-651-8446.
Clean-Up Green-Up
Get ready Longmont for the annual Kickoff for Clean Up Green Up on Saturday, April 7th at the Parks & Forestry Administration Building, 7 So. Sunset St., from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., free coffee, juice, and donuts to get you going, plus the famous 35 gallon orange trash bags and clean recycle trash bags will be available. You can pick the area you want to clean up or we can give you an area that needs cleaning up! Can't make it for the Kickoff call Lore Blattner, Program Coordinator, 303-651-8446 for more information. You can also send an email to sign up to:lore.blattner@ci.longmont.co.us
Arbor Day/Earth Day Celebration
On Saturday, April 21st (rain date is April 28th) at Thompson Park, 4th Avenue & Bross from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m. Come join this combined celebration to enjoy and learn more about both. There will also be the tree and rose bushes for sale, environmental education, an "Edible Forest" lunch, drum circle, live music, balloons, hugh Earth balloon, and games. For more information, call Ken Wicklund, City Forester, 303-651-8449.
Nature Deficit Disorder
No Child Left Inside and Lets Move Outside! are two Federal campaigns to bring attention to the disconnection between modern society and the natural world. Longmont has a wealth of parks, trails and open spaces to help Longmont residents connect to their environment. This web page links to Park Information and Greenways & Trails where you can find locations and information about these areas. To find more about the issue, the book Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv is recommended.
Link to Kids Bill of Rights 548 KB
Dog Restrictions On St. Vrain Greenway East of County Line Road
The St. Vrain Greenway trail east of County Line Road has dog restrictions adopted by City Ordinance. Dogs will not be allowed on the portion of the trail east of County Line Road to Sandstone Ranch (pdf map of area) (approximately one mile of trail), on a leash or unleashed. Not able to recognize restraints such as leashes, wildlife views all dogs as predators and will leave the area. The Longmont City Council directed the restriction to protect this unique landscape, the wildlife in this area and its important wildlife habitats. When the trail is open, the approximately six miles of the St. Vrain Greenway trail from County Line Road west to Golden Ponds will be available to people and their leashed dogs.
Trail distances along the St. Vrain Greenway are now available in chart form.
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