PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS

POST Partners provides opportunities for groups and individuals to make volunteer contributions in time and/or funding for the purpose of enriching and improving the Town of Castle Rock parks, open space and trails.

STAFF

POST PARTNERS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

mjones@CRgov.com 303-814-7456

POST Partners provides fun, skillbuilding volunteer opportunities that contribute to the beautification of and fosters community pride in Town of Castle Rock parks, open space and trails.

POST Partners is proud to partner with local businesses, students and individuals to provide opportunities for all to give back to their local community.

Volunteer hours count toward high school graduation and court-ordered community service.

Visit CRgov.com/POSTPartners to find a volunteer opportunity right for you.

COLORADO BLUEBIRD PROJECT

The Colorado Bluebird Project needs volunteers of all ages for weekly monitoring of breeding activity in nest boxes beginning April 1 through midAugust. For more information, contact the Natural Resource Specialist at 720-733-2294 or bspagnuolo@CRgov.com, or visit CRgov.com/Bluebird.

Colorado Bluebird Project Open House

Date/time: Thursday, Feb. 16, 7–8 p.m. Location: The Millhouse at Philip S. Miller Park

Colorado Bluebird Project Monitor Training Date/time: Wednesday, March 1, 6:30–8 p.m. Location: The Millhouse at Philip S. Miller Park

EARTH DAY

Celebrate Earth Day with the Town and The Local Colorado at Festival Park. Start the day with a volunteer activity giving back to Mother Earth, followed by a festival featuring educational information from local nonprofits, demonstrations, vendors featuring upcycling goods and food trucks. It'll be a day to act, learn and enjoy! Registration is required for the morning volunteer activity. Visit CRgov.com/EarthDay for event details and registration. For more information, contact 720-357-0205 or mjones@CRgov.com.

Date: April 22 Day/time: Saturday, 9–11 a.m. volunteer activity, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. fair Location: Festival Park

TRAIL MAINTENANCE GROUPS

The POST Partners Volunteer Program organizes three trail maintenance groups. Consistent volunteer crew leaders needed. Interested in being a crew leader for Castle Rock? We pay for your training. Contact the program coordinator for more information or visit CRgov.com/TrailGroups.

Ridgeline Wranglers

Volunteers maintain Stewart Trail at Ridgeline Open Space and Philip S. Miler Park one Saturday a month. Visit CRgov.com/TrailGroups for 2023 event dates.

VOLUNTEER Community Service

Graduation hours, court-ordered community service, community giving at CRgov.com/POSTpartners.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Earth Day (April) • National Trails Day (June) • National Public Lands Day (September) • Rhyolite Bike Park Dirt Crew • Ridgeline Wranglers Trail Crew • Weekly park and trail clean ups • Team and group projects

OTHER POST PROGRAMS

• Adopt a Trail or Park • Colorado Bluebird Project • Dog Waste Station Program • Scout Award Projects • Festival of Trees Sponsorship Program • Memorial Tribute Program

Ridgeline Wrangler Kick Off Meeting

Date: March 29 Day/time: Wednesday, 6–7 p.m. Location: MAC – Aspen/Cascade Rooms

Rhyolite Bike Park Dirt Crew

Volunteers maintain the bike parks’ downhill lines, pump track and session zone jumps as needed to resurface, build and rebuild the jump faces and berms and test out the improvements to ensure they flow correctly. Visit CRgov.com/TrailGroups for 2023 event dates.

Rhyolite Dirt Bike Crew Kick Off Meeting

Date: March 29 Day/time: Wednesday, 7–8 p.m. Location: MAC – Aspen/Cascade Rooms

Keepers of the Rock

Regular volunteer crew leaders needed to lead Teen Court participants at Rock Park one Saturday a month.

OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS

Individual trail maps are available online at CRgov.com/Trails

Trail length in miles Open space acreage Trail rating Surface

Adopted (POST Partners)

Bike Park at Rhyolite Regional Park

Rhyolite Regional Park 1 –easy to difficult

downhill, single track Y East Plum Creek Trail Meadows Parkway, Festival Park. Fairgrounds or Gilbert Street 8.4 – easy 10-foot-wide concrete Y

Gateway Mesa Open Space/Chuck's Loop Trail

Dirt lot east side of Highway 86 1.6 275 moderate native surface, single track N

Gateway Mesa Open Space/Legacy Trail

Dirt lot east side of Highway 86 2 275 moderate to difficult native surface, wooden bridge N

Hangman's Gulch Trail

Recreation Center parking lot

Hidden Mesa Open Space*

West side of Highway 83, 1 mile north of Franktown

Hier and Gannon Open Space

1737 S. Perry Street 1 – easy 10-foot-wide concrete N 4.5 1,294 moderate native surface, single track N 1.7 90 easy 10-foot-wide concrete N

Memmen Ridge Open Space

Southeast corner of South Street and Oman Road 1.9 (loop) 43 moderate concrete and native surface Y

Metzler Family Open Space/parking lot

838 E. Allen Street

Mitchell Creek Canyon Trail

Gateway Mesa Open Space or via Mitchell Creek Trail

Mitchell Creek Open Space and Trail

Mitchell Gulch Park or east Founders Park lots 4 100 moderate native surface, single track N 1.5 10 moderate to difficult native surface, single track N 2.1 102 easy 8-foot-wide concrete Y

Native Legend Open Space and Trail

Paintbrush or Butterfield Crossing parks 3.2 100 easy to moderate 8-foot-wide concrete Y

Philip S. Miller Park Trails

1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway

Philip S. Miller Park Challenge Hill

1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway

Quarry Mesa/Madge Trail

Rhyolite Regional park and east of Lions Paw Street 1.7 paved 8.7 unpaved 300 easy to moderate concrete, native surface N

.6 trail return – difficult 200 timber

steps N

3 (loop) 133 easy to moderate

native surface, single track N Ridgeline Open Space/Stewart Trail Coachline Road, Meadows and Red Hawk areas and Bison Park 13.5 378 moderate native surface, single track Y

Rock Park

1710 Front St. 1.4 62 difficult native surface, single track Y

Sellars Gulch Trail

Access east of Festival Park 1.3 – easy 8-foot-wide concrete Y

Woodlands Bowl

Recreation Center parking lot *Co-owned and managed by Douglas County Open Space 1.8 19 moderate 8-foot-wide concrete N

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

Uses

(Where allowed, dogs must be on a leash)

• Parking or driving unauthorized motor vehicles except in designated roadways or parking areas • Dumping commercial or household trash • Use of any closed area • Open fires and charcoal grills (gas grills allowed) • Posting of signs • Commercial activities without a

Town permit • Vandalism, littering, hunting or camping • Any hazardous activity • Possession of alcoholic beverages, except by permit

PARKS

Visit CRgov.com/Parks for maps, amenities and pictures

Baldwin Park

2417 Plum Creek Parkway

Bison Park

1390 Clear Sky Way

Acres

.5

ADA Accessible

Adopted (POST Partners)

Baseball/softball field Basketball

Bike path (paved) a

Bike skills area Electricity Gas fire pit 18-hole disc golf course Lawn games Multiuse court Outdoor swimming pool Outdoor fitness area Pickleball

Pavilions ( a Reservable)

Picnic tables Play fields

Playground (2–5 years)

Playground (5–12 years) aa

Portable restroom Permanent restroom Sand volleyball

Skate park (lighted)

Splash pad Synthetic turf field Tennis court

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PARK PAVILION AND FIELD RESERVATIONS

Park pavilion rentals are available at Bison, Butterfield Crossing, Centennial, Founders, Matney, Metzler Ranch, Philip S. Miller, Rhyolite Regional, Rock and Wrangler parks and may be requested at CRgov.com/Registration. Online pavilion requests must be submitted at least one week prior to the date requested. For more information visit CRgov.com/Parks or email parks@CRgov.com. Requesting a pavilion does not reserve the athletic field or any other amenities. For outdoor field information email athleticfields@CRgov.com.