Chalco Hills Recreation Area

I live in western Colorado and I am in Omaha several times a year and I always come to this park. It's a beautiful place to get some exercise. The path is smooth and rolling hills. It's a great place to Rollerblade, walk, run and bike. From what I hear the fishing is good and there's places for kids. The park has trails in the woods and even a sledding hill. I see deer and turkey here plus many types of birds and waterfowl. There's hardly any places as nice as this park anywhere in America

Beautiful loop around a lake (I believe roughly 6-5-7.0 miles if you don’t take any cut throughs). I ran around 8 am on a weekday. Surprisingly it was somewhat busy with walkers and bikers and runners. The trail is beautiful and a mix of forest and lake as well as some surprisingly tough inclines! I noticed there were several different parking lots and at least one area to put boats in. There were plenty of restrooms along the trail which I thought was helpful too. The trails were clean as well besides a few spots of feces. My only complaint is the complete arrogance of a few cyclists, particularly of the older generation. They had zero regard for others and expected the pathway to be completely available for them despite being wide enough to accommodate opposite direction traffic.

Best park I've been to yet! This place has something for everyone. Fishing, hiking, bike riding (including electric bicycle rentals), a large playground, camping, a boat launch, kayaking, bird watching, paved walking trails, sports fields, ice fishing in the winter and more!! This place is nicely maintained and has trash cans and bathrooms scattered throughout the expansive property. Parking lots are also plentiful so no worries there. Views for miles. This place is excellent for wildlife photography and you might even spot a Bald Eagle 🦅 A must see location!

Beautiful park! I stopped by on a winter afternoon and walked a little over 4 miles in a loop around the lake. I saw what I believe were muskrats in the lake, ducks, geese, a skunk, and deer, as well as several smaller bird species - I love communing with wildlife, so those were all highlights. I used one of the restrooms which had toilet paper in it (yay!) about halfway through my walk. There were a number of other folks there enjoying it - bikers, runners, dog walkers, people fishing, and so forth. I'd definitely visit again. It's really surprising how close it is to urban areas but how little of that you see while on the trails other than when you pass by one of the numerous parking lots around the circumference.

The weather got nice for a February weekend and I chose to go for a run at Chalco. I arrived around 11, there was plenty of parking near the visitors center and it was easy to navigate to the trail. This was my first time running here but luckily the trail is easy to follow as it is paved around the lake. There was no debris on the pathway and it wasn't crowded despite the good weather! There are bathrooms and portapottys spaced around the park.