Much nicer than the main reservoir and quiet trails. South Platte river runs through this wildlife refuge. Hiking, fishing, birding, picnicking and tubing are all summertime favorites at this location

Since dogs are not allowed in Waterton Canyon, if you are already there is a nice place with easy hiking that will take you into Chatfield Lake.

Great spot for walking, running, cycling or horseback riding along multiple trails. Have noticed several people fishing in both the ponds and river. Weekends usually have at least a couple of groups enjoying the river, particularly during the warmer months. Some trails lead into Chatfield. Parking is plentiful.

Great place to go !Bring lots of watta lol

Perfect place for a quiet early morning hike. We walked north and looped back around next to the Platte River!

Great little hikes with the kids. Wasnt crowded.

When you imagine birds as dinosaurs, life will never be the same.

Nice nature trails fairly flat

Great place to take kids.

Perfect for fishing and the sun rise here was so beautiful!

Went to the HOOTenanny & had a great time. Live owl presentations with owls that were rescued but cant be released for health reasons. Lots of crafts for the kids. Food trucks, bluegrass band and the beautiful Colorado open space. Highly recommend you check their website for more events.

Some of the best nature trails in the Denver Metro area. Especially beautiful if you hike there with a loved one!

Brilliant. Went to a concert fund raiser here and with thunder and lightning they quickly moved it indoors. Later on when the rain stopped the band moved us down to the ampitheare for an acoustic set. Staff and volunteers all brilliant. Food delicious. Venue great.

Great easy hike with strollers and/or little ones! My 2 year old got tired but made it, the 5 year old loved it!

Was good to get back, its been a while.

How can you be disappointed in such a. Beautiful place. I mean come on. Wonderful for beginning bikers and anyone looking for a great way to spend an afternoon.

We met up with a park ranger as the starting point for a tour of the area. Beautiful wetlands area with several small fishing lakes. The S. Plate runs right through it . We have never seen this aspect of the park. Very quiet & secluded.

Attractive native landscaping demonstrating native habitat for the region. Great leave no trace training.

This is a beautiful and well kept site.We saw a guest presentation here by HawkQuest at the outdoor auditorium at the Waterton road location for the Audubon society. The outdoor space was gorgeous. It was close to the parking lots, just a short walk that would accommodate something on wheels, like a stroller or a wagon. We brought a picnic dinner that night.There are bathrooms close by as well.The staff was very friendly and helpful with upcoming events.I especially liked how many of the plants and flowers were labelled!There are a lot of trails with tons of wildlife around, we want to go back for hikes. They said dogs are not allowed at this location since it is a wildlife preserver, however they are allowed on leash inside Chatfield park, where there is another location.We had such a good time that I will be checking out more events with the Audubon society.

Any easy hike with plenty of access to the water. Parking is usually plentiful, weekends are a different story.

Nice trails, pretty clean, bass ponds and easy access to fish the platte

Pretty cool park south of denver. Great walk, peaceful and a good time!

Great place for a walk run or bike. Remember you bug spray if you go when it is warm.

Good place to walk around and some decent fishing here. Always have fun catch and releasing the green sun fish

Great place to watch birds.

Beautiful trail great for The little little ones

Very beautiful place to go for walks!

Super fun! We did a river hike which was awesome

Terrific place for a hike and for birding.

One of my favorite places in the area to take my dogs for a walk. You always find something new no matter the trail you take and it’s simply beautiful

Really enjoy this place. Currently a lot of it isnt accessible while they work on the reservoir.

A beautiful open space just south of Chatfield. Free access and dogs are allowed.

Well...couple signs stating reclamation but ACTUAL evidence shows that trails simply have staged signs further cutting Waterton Canyon and areas off. These are areas I visited regularly over the last 20 yrs.

Gorgeous area, with lots of hummingbird feeder to bring us back! They also do lots of birdwalks and events and the staff had aleaal been friendly. Im lucky to live near such a great place!

Love the view and being out in nature but not to far from human live.

Nice open trails for a quick hike. Adjacent the Waterton Canyon parking / trailhead.

Its A wonderful place for a walk, especially for your lil doggie!

Great place to fish a couple small ponds at Chatfeild State Park

Nice place to take a walk though it can get pretty busy.

Great fishing activity with my class at lake Lebow

Beautiful access to walking paths on and around Chatfield reservoir

Nice area with good trails we can push our stroller on. Unfortunately a lot of smokers were loitering in the parking lot polluting the air.

Extremely well kept and beautiful.

Beautifully trailed fresh water creek

Bird banding station is wonderful

Cool place

Beautiful Colo location

So much birds!!!

Empty, peaceful, possibly closed

Beautiful quite spot

Beautiful

Wonderful

Great outdoors!

Decent fishing