Best Easy Day Hikes Fort Collins

Mary Reed is the author of Best Easy Day Hikes Fort Collins, Hiking Ohio, and Hiking West Virginia. Her work has appeared in Backpacker, Boulder Magazine, New River Gorge Guide, Ohio Magazine, and many other publications. She lives in Athens, Ohio and Boulder, Colorado. Learn more at maryreed.biz.

• AcknowledgmentsOverview MapIntroductionHow to Use this GuideTrail FinderThe Hikes1. Bent Rock Trail, Red Mountain Open Space2. Towhee Loop, Soapstone Prairie Natural Area3. 3 Bar Trail, Eagle’s Nest Open Space4. Kreutzer Nature Trail, Roosevelt National Forest5. Hewlett Gulch Trail, Roosevelt National Forest6. Greyrock Trail, Roosevelt National Forest7. Black Powder Trail, Gateway Natural Area138. Well Gulch Nature Trail, Lory State Park9. Arthur’s Rock Trail, Lory State Park10. Shoreline Trail, Lory State Park11. Horsetooth Rock Trail, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space12. Horsetooth Falls Trail, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space13. North Loop Trail, Reservoir Ridge Natural Area14. North Shields Ponds Loop, North Shields Ponds Natural Area15. Riverbend Ponds Loop, Riverbend Ponds Natural Area16. Cottonwood Loop, CSU Environmental Learning Center17. Foothills to Reservoir Trail Loop, Pineridge Natural Area18. Coyote Ridge Trail, Coyote Ridge Natural Area19. Cattail Flats Trail, Fossil Creek Natural Area20. Devil’s Backbone Wild Loop, Devil’s Backbone Open Space21. Valley Loop, Bobcat Ridge Natural Area22. Foothills Nature Trail, Roosevelt National Forest23. Crosier Mountain Trail, Roosevelt National Forest24. Shoshone to Besant Point Trail, Ramsay-Shockey Open Space