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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area

Overview: Riverbend Ponds Natural Area is rated 4.7/5 from 1022 Google reviews. This nature preserve offers well-maintained trails, beautiful scenery, and opportunities for fishing. Amenities: Reviewers often mention restrooms nearby.

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4.7Google rating

1,022reviews

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4.7(1,022 reviews)

People say this nature preserve offers well-maintained trails, beautiful scenery, and opportunities for fishing. They highlight the peaceful and quiet atmosphere, and the abundance of wildlife, including birds, frogs, and snakes. They also like the convenient access points and the availability of restrooms.

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dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

Quick facts

AddressE Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA

Phone(970) 416-2815

City pageFort Collins

Imported fromFort Collins, CO

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dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenitiesnature preservepark6 Google photos1022 reviewsOpen now

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Connie Leung7 months ago

All gravel roads, mostly flat, mostly in the sun. If you park and go left, you'll initially walk next to river and can hear the stream nearby. Very shallow. Many places to walk down to stream. Peaceful. The rest of the trail goes around the pond. Random benches. Quiet. About 3mi of trails.

Kyle Kempf6 months ago

We love this spot for how quiet it is, the amount of water you get to hike by, and it's great proximity to so many things.

Steve Dempsey3 years ago

Just discovered this place and absolutely Beatiful to walk, walk your pup, fish or just chill. Hard to believe the highway is so close but yet you don't any cars at all. It's like you step through time and visit a totally different place, it's surreal. An absolute awesome place in Fort Collins and very relaxing places to kill a few hours and just relax.

Aaron Decker2 years ago

Great small park with plenty of ponds. It is a nice location for a walk, run, dog walk, fishing, or just solitude. There were other cars here but I only ran into a couple of people. Everybody is pretty well spread out. There isn't a whole lot of tree coverage. If you're looking for shade, you may want to bring your own. Pretty open and flat. Plenty of room for parking and a bathroom as well. All very clean and well maintained.

Samuel Elliot5 years ago

The trail was amazing, a nice casual stroll, with beautiful views. Every turn produced a stunning opportunity, gorgeous colors of leaves against a serene sky. The later it got, the more beautiful it was. Great place for a photo shoot, a bike ride, a leisurely walk, or even fishing. This is a place to remember on a colorful Autumn day.

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Monday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Tuesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Thursday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Sunday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM

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