Prospect Park

Ball fields, a trail, lakes for fishing? What a gem right near Denver! I can only give four stars since honestly I was only here at night for half hour to watch the comet. It provided a great western view, probably great for sunset!Lots of parking both for the playing fields and trails. Connects to Clear Creek too!

What a fun and expansive place to hang out! Came here with my partner and his extended family. Lots of playground and nature for the kids to explore. We found a group of benches that was perfect for the giant group. Didn't get to walk around the entire park, but I loved the creek and trails. Plenty of parking in the lot. Apparently this place used to be super sketchy!

This is a park that I frequent for my training runs. Aside from establishing a healthy lifestyle or utilizing the great trails it is also a nice place to come and stroll with the family and soak in the Colorado scenery.There's a bit of wildlife everything from snakes too dear. When the creek is high or low it is always worth just listening to the gentle flow of water over the rocks.This park is connected to the larger cycling trail. My wife and I not only run but we cycle many times from Prospect Park to Golden Colorado and back. It's a relatively flat ride and in my opinion that's the best kind of ride you can have.There's baseball diamonds and football field and great fishing apparently. You can also have playgrounds and plenty of room to run around.I would highly recommend putting this park on your list of places to unwind.

We visit during daylight hours, it is a beautiful Park, without having to reach the mountains you have a nice Creekside Trail covered with tall trees that provides you shade. A unique asset when it's too hot and you need some shade to keep going.

This place must have gotten significantly less creepy since Gitana G. wrote her review back in 2008. I lived super close to Prospect Park from 2010 to early 2013 and walked here on almost daily basis, and always felt very safe. I do, for the record, always have two big dogs with me- one a pit bull- so someone would have to be out of their mind to fuck with me. Highlights: five beautiful lakes and Clear Creek to walk around (and for your doggies to swim in), two or three playgrounds for the kiddos, excellent bird watching (keep an eye out for the famous Mandarin duck in Prospect Lake!), miles and miles of beautiful off-road walking/biking trails, and some of the most scenic mountain views in the Denver metro area. The best thing about this park is that you can walk for miles and only see one or two people- it is very quiet and peaceful. Perfect for people like me who need to be alone in nature to maintain mental sanity, but don't want to drive all the way out to the mountains. The best part? The Clear Creek Greenway (one of Denver's awesome urban trails) runs through the park. Hop on it and head west, and it will take you all the way to Golden. Head east and you'll go to Commerce City, where you can connect with the South Platte Greenway, which goes downtown. So essentially you can get to downtown Denver from this park completely on off-road trails. Pretty damn nifty! In sum, this park is just AWESOME. Go check it out!!

I am a photographer and love shooting at this park. But 2 weeks ago, I was photographing a family here and we all got poison ivy/oak/sumac. Please be aware of what these plants look like and keep away! All of our rashes are extremely painful and itchy, and it spreads quick!

This is a wonderful, safe and beautiful place to get yer walk in for the day....I have been here many many times, with my parents who are bird watchers and I also go there to get my walk in for the day....Not sure what the other person was talkin about not being a safe place because of all the men trolling.....completely far from the truth...Alot of men and wemon go there on their lunch break and get away from the office.....Lets be real people! Mind your own business....get yer walk/workout on and dont put yer nose and yer opinon in the wrong place!

Nice clean place with open air, picnic pavilion, playground, stream & lake. Our family has had several Birthday gatherings there.

many homeless people with tilted rv's,cause they have no air in the tires. When I paid my rent and I read the meter it read appx 11 dollars. When they read the meter it read appx 35 dollars. I was helping to payn the homeless people who lived there I guess.Pizza hut driver was scared todeath to deliver there he tells me.NOT a rv park,just nothing but trouble and depression all over the place

I live in the area and use the trail daily for dog walks, weekly for runs and bike rides to Golden. You seriously can't get any better...dirt trail and three lakes plus Clear Creek to run around, if you are feeling adventurous you can take the clear creek trail all the way to Golden. I love living nearby