Liberty Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Gilcrest
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Gilcrest
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Gilcrest, 0.1 per square mile of land. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 8.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
8.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Gilcrest?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Gilcrest have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gilcrest is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Gilcrest’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CO town 7% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · CO 1.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land8.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · CO 14 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CO 97% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
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Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Gilcrest’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Gilcrest Municipal Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do
1 places to go in Gilcrest
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Gilcrest
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
1Softball
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Gilcrest: April to 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 85 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 66 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 2.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gilcrest →
Questions about parks and trails in Gilcrest
Where can I hike in Gilcrest?
The longest trail networks: Gilcrest Municipal Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Gilcrest 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 Gilcrest’s trails?
Liberty Park and Gilcrest Municipal Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Gilcrest?
1,518 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gilcrest or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Gilcrest have?
Ahead of 39% 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 Gilcrest 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 →