Homestead Park features a nature-themed playground for 2-12-year-olds, walking trails, and covered picnic areas. Follow the trails north from Homestead Park to access Gateway Lakes Natural Area. A one-mile soft-surface trail meanders around several small lakes, which are open for fishing. The lakes are not stocked with fish. Enjoy public art throughout your stroll. Closure and alert information can be found on COTREX.
Hours: Open every day of the year, from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Directions: Parking lot on 29th St between 35th Ave and 39th Ave
Parking: Paved parking lot has 9 parking spaces and 1 ADA parking space
Features and Amenities:
- Trash can
- Picnic shelter
- Playground
- Parking
- Portable restroom
- Benches and seating
- Public art
- No drinking water
Allowed Activities:
- Walking
- Wildlife viewing
- Leashed dog
- Bicycling
- Fishing
Dogs must be leashed at all times in Greeley’s natural areas and on trails. This is for the safety of your dog, other trail users, and wildlife.
Prohibited activities:
- Swimming
- Boating
- Fires
- Camping
- Hunting
- Horse riding
- Motorized vehicles
- Ice fishing
- Ice skating
Difficulty: Mixture of paved and soft surface trails, all trails are flat
Restoration Efforts: Cattail management is an ongoing restoration task in the ponds in this natural area. The goal is to reduce and manage the cattails, but not eliminate them. Cattails outcompete native plant species, but they do provide necessary wildlife habitat.
Wildlife: Check out the plants and animals that have been reported here, and contribute your own observations.