Park
McIntosh Lake Nature Area
A City nature area around McIntosh Lake with a 3.5-mile loop trail, fishing for all ages, and room to paddle a canoe, kayak or paddleboard.
Longmont
Things to Do
Trails, parks and places worth an afternoon in and around Longmont.
Trails, parks and venues
Park
Sandstone Ranch Community Park & Nature Area
A 313-acre park and nature area east of town with ball fields, a skate park, an adventure playground and a visitor center in a historic house.
Trails 1
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Trail
About 8 miles of trail along the St. Vrain from Golden Ponds to Sandstone Ranch, which the City calls the crown jewel of Longmont's trail system.
2651 3rd Avenue, Longmont, CO 80503 (western trailhead at Golden Ponds Nature Area)
Trail open 24 hours with continuous movement; trailheads and greenway lands 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
A 48.5-acre community park with an indoor year-round pool, a disc golf course, ball fields, pickleball and an accessible playground.
1100 Lashley St., Longmont, CO 80501
Daily 5 am–11 pm
Checked October 4
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Park
A 52-acre nature area on St. Vrain Creek just east of Main Street with a nature playground, a beginner bike skills trail and a free float course for tubes and paddleboards.
Boston Avenue between Main and Martin Streets, Longmont, CO 80501
Daily, 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
Four fishing ponds and 2.6 miles of trails on 88 acres, with Longs Peak views and the western trailhead of the St. Vrain Greenway.
2651 3rd Avenue, Longmont, CO 80503
Daily, 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
A 21.5-acre nature area on the St. Vrain Greenway whose 15.7-acre pond is a fishery reserved for kids 14 and under.
18 S. Sunset St., Longmont, CO 80501
Daily, 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
A City nature area around McIntosh Lake with a 3.5-mile loop trail, fishing for all ages, and room to paddle a canoe, kayak or paddleboard.
1929 Harvard St., Longmont, CO 80503
Daily, 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
Boulder County open space of fishing ponds and easy trails on a reclaimed gravel mine where the old Overland Trail crossed St. Vrain Creek.
About a mile south of Hygiene on the east side of North 75th Street, Boulder County
Daily, sunrise to sunset (day use only)
Checked October 4
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Park
A 54.9-acre nature area and arboretum on the St. Vrain Greenway with Fairgrounds Lake, an amphitheater, gardens and an apple grove open for picking.
220 Hover St., Longmont, CO 80503
Daily, 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
Longmont's oldest community park, three city blocks with a rose garden, a seasonal wading pool, a playground and a pavilion that becomes an ice rink in winter.
700 Longs Peak Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501
Daily 5 am–11 pm
Checked October 4
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Park
A 313-acre park and nature area east of town with ball fields, a skate park, an adventure playground and a visitor center in a historic house.
3001 Colorado Highway 119, Longmont, CO 80504
Community park daily 5 am–11 pm; nature area 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset
Checked October 4
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Park
A 736-acre reservoir east of Longmont with wakeless boating, paddleboarding, fishing, a swim beach and a year-round dog beach.
461 County Road 26, Longmont, CO 80504
Mar 1–May 31 6 am–8 pm; Jun 1–Aug 31 6 am–9 pm; Sep 1–Oct 31 6 am–8 pm; Nov 1–Feb 28 7 am–6 pm; closed Thanksgiving, the day after, Dec 24–25 and Jan 1
Checked October 4
Venues 3
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Venue
A free Boulder County farm museum on the Lohr/McIntosh homestead, with a furnished 1909 farmhouse, two barns, an heirloom garden and farm animals in season.
8348 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO 80503
Apr 1–Oct 31: Fri–Sun 10 am–5 pm; Nov 1–Mar 31: first Saturday of the month 10 am–5 pm
Checked October 4
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Venue
The City of Longmont's museum of art and history, reopening its galleries Oct. 17 after an expansion the City says adds 70% more gallery space.
400 Quail Road, Longmont, CO 80501
Galleries closed for expansion until the free all-day Grand Reopening on Sat Oct 17; until then the building opens only for program hours
Checked October 4
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Venue
Community theater company staging its seasons at the Longmont Performing Arts Center on Main Street, its home since 1990; the company dates to 1957.
513 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501
Box office opens 1 hour before each ticketed performance
Checked October 4
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Outdoors, in depth
Families ·
Longmont with kids: the museum, the leisure pool, the library, the lakes and the greenway
Where to take children in Longmont, Colorado: the museum's new DreamLab gallery, storytimes at the library, the Recreation Center's leisure pool and the summer activity pools, the Ice Pavilion, splash pads, McIntosh Lake, Union Reservoir, the St. Vrain Greenway and the County's farm museum.