Visitors Center: 5711 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada
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Outdoors
Trails
Larkspur Highlands Nature Society5.2 mi
The long way across the western bluffs — five miles of rimrock, raptor thermals, and prairie so quiet you can hear the wind arrive. Arrange a shuttle or double the distance.
Larkspur Highlands Nature Society0.8 mi
A fully accessible boardwalk loop through the county's best birding marsh — 140 species recorded, scopes mounted at both platforms, and dawn chorus walks every May weekend.
3.1 mi
An out-and-back tracing a cottonwood draw where coyotes den in spring. Interpretive posts mark scat, tracks, and the best listening spots for the evening chorus.
Larkspur Highlands Nature Society4 mi
Up and over the iron-stained hogback that gave the county's founders their first (false) hope of ore. Switchbacks, lichen-covered outcrops, and a geology guide at the trailhead box.
Larkspur Highlands Nature Society2.4 mi
The Society's signature loop over the first hogback — wildflower slopes in June, mule deer at dusk, and a summit bench with the whole county at your feet.
Larkspur Highlands Nature Society1.6 mi
A short connector across open shortgrass linking the Nature Center to the ridge trails — the easiest place in the county to watch a storm build over the Front Range.
Parks & overlooks
Larkspur Highlands Nature SocietyOutdoor & Nature
Twelve acres seeded for bees and butterflies, threaded with mown paths and June-to-September bloom. The count board at the gate tracks monarch sightings by week.
18901 W 87th Ave, Arvada
Larkspur Highlands Nature SocietyOutdoor & Nature
The trailhead kiosk for Coyote Draw, with a relief map of the western trail network, current wildlife activity notes, and the Society's famous hand-drawn 'what made that track?' chart.
17250 W 80th Ave, Arvada
Outdoor & Nature
The brick plaza beneath the county clocktower is Olde Larkspur's living room — chess tables, a splash fountain, and buskers most summer evenings. The clock still winds by hand every Friday at noon.
7501 Grandview Ave, Arvada
Larkspur Highlands Nature SocietyOutdoor & Nature
Demonstration beds of the shortgrass prairie's fifty essential plants, tended by volunteers who harvest seed for the Society's restoration projects. Take-home seed packets by donation.
8305 Indiana St, Arvada
Outdoor & Nature
A pocket garden of high-plains natives tucked between two 1890s storefronts — blanketflower, blue grama, and the county's namesake larkspur in June. Benches shaded by a century-old cottonwood.
5620 Yukon St, Arvada
Larkspur Highlands Nature SocietyOutdoor & Nature
The Society's headquarters and trailhead hub — hands-on prairie exhibits, a live bull snake named Ferdinand, loaner binoculars, and naturalists on duty every day.
9100 Indiana St, Arvada
Outdoor & Nature
A rimrock platform above the draw where red-tails, kestrels, and the occasional golden eagle ride the updrafts. Mounted scopes and a hawk-ID wheel make beginners feel expert.
8775 Indiana St, Arvada
Outdoor & Nature
Climb the spiral stair of the 1911 municipal water tower for the best free view in the county — grain silos to the east, fourteeners to the west, and all of Olde Larkspur at your feet.
5750 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada
Afternoon storms build fast over the hogbacks from June to August. Plan to be off the ridge by 1pm.
You are above 5,000 feet and the prairie has little shade. Carry at least a liter per person.
The shortgrass prairie takes years to recover from a single shortcut. Raptor nesting areas close seasonally.
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