Hiking biking climbing beautiful place to play.

What is best about this place is the ease of parking in the area if you choose the NCAR parking lot which is free. From there you have access to a plethora of trails starting from the NCAR trail. See the pics of the Table Mesa trail heading to the Colorado Chautauqua Park. Also this is a perfect spot to climb the Bear Peak trail

A great hike with wonderful views of Boulder.

Good Hiking Trails behind NCAR. NCAR itself has some interesting exhibits inside. Not sure how far the trails go, but they seem to go all over the place so you could make a day out of the trails alone

Tough to park but cool place