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Standley Lake Regional Park

Park

👍👍 Scenery was beautiful. Flowers smelled lovely. Birds sounded wonderful. Very nice nature walk. People often mention lake, beautiful, park, Great, people, side, walking,


Address

8600 Simms St, Westminster, CO 80021, United States

Website

www.cityofwestminster.us

Contact

+1 303-425-1097

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (320 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: (Easter), 6 am to 10 pm, Hours might differ
  • Monday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 6 am to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: lake (12) beautiful (11) park (7) Great (6) people (6) side (6) walking (6)
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  • 5/5 Rocket S. 9 months ago on Google
    Scenery was beautiful. Flowers smelled lovely. Birds sounded wonderful. Very nice nature walk.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gunther B. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely beautiful lake, with trails to hike or bike all around, as well as taking a dive into the lake to cool off. Great place to bring your kids or pups.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Randy S. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful lake but they took our boats off the water because they were afraid of muscles getting into the water way. They have no excuse anymore but politics still keep them off. They turned down about $500,000.00 worth of boat fees a year. The park could use that money to make the lake more beautiful
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 A. Kristoffer T. 1 year ago on Google
    What a gem! And unlike trail head parking in Boulder, you don’t have to worry if your rental/vehicle is registered outside Boulder.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mary A. 3 years ago on Google
    Quite a lot of people every time I go, and I personally prefer less people when I go out to enjoy nature. However the area that this gigantic Park is so massive that you really don't run into too many people too often, whether you stick to the paths or not. Its good for exersizing for sure, lots of ground to cover with plenty of hills, and beautiful scenery all the while! Love it here, but if its sunny, and you aren't a big fan of the sun, you may be a little miserable. Its difficult to find shade, although there are covered picnic areas. There's only a couple though and they're far and few between, and a little bit of a hike to get to each one of them. Getting down to the water's edge at least from the south side entrance is difficult. You have to jump down a 4 to 5 foot ledge to get to the "beach-area" and once you're down there, the challenge is getting back up! If you're fairly young and still in decent shape you should be able to do it. But not without a little bit of a struggle. Lots of prairie dogs, so watch where you're walking, or you may just twist your ankle stepping in a hole! There are porta potties for your convenience, and a map with brochures for your pleasure! Overall, a worth-while stop, at least once! If for no other reason, to take in the views, especially beautiful at sunset!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Victor P. 3 years ago on Google
    Opens at 7am. If you come on the north west entrance its a 7 dollar entrance fee but is well worth it as it seems less crowded. The plus side to this is you can pretty much drive up to the shore side and go fishing fairly quickly. On the south entrance (86th and simms)there seems to be more people, due to not there being a place to pay? But have a good half mile hike down to the lake. The water is clear enough to see schools of fish swimming near the shore line. In some spots its almost like a small personal beach for 3 to 5 people. The park rangers are fairly active checking fishing licenses and patrolling on boat. Also there is porta johns on site. I almost forgot to mention well there is fish here off shore it seems like its fairly shallow and need to be able to cast out to deeper waters to get nibbles.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Yusuke K. 6 years ago on Google
    What a beautiful trail run by the lake! I've only ran and ventured on the north side. The south side is a million times more beautiful and impressive! A beautiful up and down hilly run by a scenic trail. Highly recommended!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jim B. 11 months ago on Google
    Nice views, nice trail around. The parking lot closes and locks at sunset, so get done early.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Melissa W. 4 months ago on Google
    Enjoyed my time here. Great place to take pic,walk,run, pets,family, and so on

  • 5/5 Vang X. 7 months ago on Google
    Great spot to walk and take in the beautiful views overlooking the park

  • 5/5 Over the Top Roofing of D. 6 months ago on Google
    When I’m not working, I’m walking. One of my favorite places is Standley Lake Regional Park. The best Mountain View with the lake.

  • 5/5 PopsieIsCool 5 months ago on Google
    The view is magnificent. There's a parking area. Toilet and sitting area. I love the view of the lake and the mountains in the background. Very beautiful. Walking and hiking is good.

  • 5/5 chelsea h. 10 months ago on Google
    Stunning. So green. So much wildlife. You can see the fish hopping out of the water. 10/10 recommend.

  • 5/5 Andrew L. 4 years ago on Google
    Large, lovely park with boating, fishing & overnight camping. Miles of equestrian, biking and walking trails. There's even a bald eagle nesting area. Bring your binoculars.

  • 4/5 Brian B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great open space for running, walking, trail / mtn. biking, Eagle watching on Northwest side. Sadly the environmental protection challenges in the water ecology resulted in governing agencies depriving citizens of motorized boating, which stinks for a lot of people who enjoyed that. I hope the environmental benefits are robust to justify the loss.

  • 4/5 Jake D. 7 years ago on Google
    Great park for the family. Close to the lake. Excellent spot to go walking on a nice day and get away from the hustle of the city without having to drive into the mountains.

  • 4/5 Seddy G. 1 year ago on Google
    Expensive to kayak on. 10 bucks per person per craft. Regional so stats parks pages won't work. Nice lake though

  • 1/5 Peter P. 1 year ago on Google
    The lake is beautiful. Unfortunate for it, its also Westminster drinking supply which brings over regulation and overzealous rangers. So its no longer a place to boat, ski, bbq, but at least we can still rent $50 per hour kayaks. Mike Ziegler always doing his part to enforce the rules like no other. You keep keeping-on and maintain that h20 pH balance we don't need any more help at any other park.

  • 5/5 Michael Koratich (. 2 years ago on Google
    Gem of a park. Good walking/biking trails around the lake. Great views.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Activities
    • ✓️ Hiking
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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