Trails
Parker's trail network is the jewel of our outdoor amenities, allowing residents to walk, skate, bike and even ride horses along the Cherry Creek Trail and throughout our community.

Parks
We also have many parks ranging from O'Brien Park in the downtown area to the County's Challenger Regional Park adjacent to our Recreation Center. A new youth baseball field sponsored by the Colorado Rockies is open at Salisbury Equestrian Park and a new outdoor pool facility opened at O'Brien Park in 2002. In the future, we'll also be improving the traditional horse uses at Salisbury.

Open Space
With the recent rapid growth of the area, one of our citizens' top priorities has been the preservation of open space. In 1999, the Town made our first large open space purchase in partnership with Douglas County. The Norton Property, located on the northern boundary of Parker on the west side of Parker Road, is an important purchase as it will allow us to continue the trail system northward and provide a buffer between Parker and other communities to the north.

Since then, the Town participated as a partner in the purchase of the 17-Mile property for open space. The Town also purchased the Country Meadows open space, located along Cherry Creek, west of the Country Meadows subdivision and north of Stroh Ranch. 

The Town recently purchased several additional open space parcels along Parker Road, directly adjacent to the Norton Open Space Property, to provide further open space amenities.

Parker Arboretum
Click here to read more about Parker's Arboretum and the large variety of unique trees featured there. To view the pdf files, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free of charge from the link below.

The following links may also be useful:

Construction Specifications and Design Considerations for Parks, Trails and Streetscapes (pdf)