Mountain View Adventure Park
Park
47 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dogs allowed
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek has 49 acres of parks, 51 for every 1,000 residents
4.9 miles of mapped trail cross Cripple Creek, 3.2 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Mountain View Adventure Park (1.6 mi). 90% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
4.9 mi
3.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
51 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Cripple Creek?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cripple Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cripple Creek is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cripple Creek’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CO town 7% · U.S. 4%DTrails3.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · CO 1.3 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land51 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · CO 14 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home90% of residents within a half mile of a park · CO 97% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 73%
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Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Cripple Creek’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Mountain View Adventure Park, with 1.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
4 places to go in Cripple Creek
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cripple Creek
Mountain View PlaygroundIn Mountain View Adventure Park
DirectionsPlus 1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Dog parks in Cripple Creek
Mountain View Dog ParkIn Mountain View Adventure Park
DirectionsDisc golf in Cripple Creek
Mountain View Disc Golf CourseIn Mountain View Adventure Park · Cripple Creek Parks & Recreation
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.6 miHorses · 1.5 miUnpaved · 2.9 mi
Gold Camp Trail0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Cripple Creek: May and June
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
December is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 74 °F). 3.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Cripple Creek →
Questions about parks and trails in Cripple Creek
Where can I hike in Cripple Creek?
The longest trail networks: Mountain View Adventure Park, 1.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Cripple Creek is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 7% for a Colorado town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Cripple Creek’s trails?
OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at Mountain View Adventure Park. For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cripple Creek?
77,492 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cripple Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 66 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cripple Creek have?
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cripple Creek neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →