Running in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Boulder

Running in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks is a 52.7 km² protected area on Boulder's south west side. Of the routes Remap built, 270 spend at least 30% of their length inside it. Pick how far you want to run.

Checked 24 October 2026

Terrain

66% forest, 9% park

Surface

66% unpaved

Climb

168 to 868 m up

Routes

270, 5.3 to 19.2 km

Getting there

Every route here starts from one of these stations.

16th St & Broadway Bus stop on the north edge. 4 routes start here, 1 to 15 m away.

Broadway & Baseline Rd Bus stop on the north east edge. 4 routes start here, 2 to 41 m away.

College Ave & 9th St Bus stop on the north edge. 4 routes start here, 3 m away.

Gillaspie Dr & Heidelberg Dr Bus stop on the east edge. 4 routes start here, 7 m away.

Gillaspie Dr & Kittrell Ct Bus stop on the east edge. 4 routes start here, 1 to 12 m away.

18th St & Broadway Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 2 to 14 m away.

20th St & Bluff St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 8 m away.

9th & Arapahoe Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 8 m away.

9th St & University Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 3 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 11th St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 4 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 19th St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 6 to 39 m away.

Bear Creek Buff Bus Stop Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start at the stop.

Broadway & 27th Way Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 3 to 49 m away.

Broadway & Euclid Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 2 to 25 m away.

Broadway & Maxwell Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 8 to 32 m away.

Broadway & Pleasant St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 4 to 17 m away.

Broadway & Walnut St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 8 to 17 m away.

Canyon Blvd & 19th St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 2 m away.

Canyon Blvd & 22nd St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 2 m away.

Downtown Boulder Station Gate S Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 2 m away.

Folsom St & Arapahoe Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 1 m away.

Folsom St & Taft Dr Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 1 m away.

Gillaspie Dr & Berea Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 6 to 69 m away.

Gillaspie Dr & Darley Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start at the stop.

Golden West Manor Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 6 m away.

Greenbriar Blvd & Gillaspie Dr Bus stop on the east edge. 3 routes start here, 2 m away.

Greenbriar Blvd & Greenbriar Ct Bus stop on the east edge. 3 routes start here, 4 m away.

Greenbriar Blvd & Toedtli Dr Bus stop on the east edge. 3 routes start here, 4 m away.

Lehigh St & Darley Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 3 m away.

Pearl St & 20th St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 5 m away.

S Broadway & Dartmouth Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 5 m away.

S Broadway & Greenbriar Blvd Bus stop on the east edge. 3 routes start here, 1 m away.

Table Mesa Dr & Harvard Ln Bus stop on the north east edge. 3 routes start here, 4 m away.

Walnut St & 7th St Bus stop on the north edge. 3 routes start here, 6 m away.

11th St & Spruce St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 7 m away.

17th St & Canyon Blvd Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 5 m away.

19th St & Cedar Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 9 m away.

19th St & Forest Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 5 to 42 m away.

19th St & Iris Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 8 to 34 m away.

2100 Block 30th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

28th St & Mapleton Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 5 m away.

28th St & Taft Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

30th St & Euclid Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 1 m away.

30th St & Euclid Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start at the stop.

9th St & Arapahoe Rd (Ns) Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 7 m away.

Adams Cir & Euclid Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 7 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 16th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 21st St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 to 34 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 29th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 5 to 114 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & Mcguckin Way Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start at the stop.

Baseline Rd & 30th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Broadway & 20th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 m away.

Broadway & Elder Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 6 m away.

Broadway & Elder Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 7 m away.

Broadway & Grape Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 6 m away.

Broadway & Iris Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 12 to 18 m away.

Broadway & Kalmia Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 to 31 m away.

Broadway & Mapleton Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 to 20 m away.

Broadway & Marine St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 m away.

Broadway & North St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 8 to 16 m away.

Broadway & Spruce St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 4 m away.

Broadway & Walnut St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 to 22 m away.

Canyon Blvd & 4th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 2 to 9 m away.

College Ave & 11th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 4 to 6 m away.

Colorado Ave & 18th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Colorado Ave & Foothills Pkwy Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 5 m away.

Colorado Avenue & 35th Street Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Colorado Avenue and Innovation Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 5 m away.

Downtown Boulder Station Gate H Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 to 62 m away.

Downtown Boulder Station Gate P Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Folsom St & Goss St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 m away.

Folsom St & Taft Dr Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 1 to 167 m away.

Iris Ave & Iris Ct Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 2 to 51 m away.

Moorhead Ave & 27th Way Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

Moorhead Ave & Fuller Ct Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 6 m away.

Pearl St & 10th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 86 m away.

Pearl St & 15th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

Pearl St & 23rd St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start at the stop.

Pearl St & 28th St (Ns) Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

Pearl St & Folsom St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Regent Dr & Engineering Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 2 to 38 m away.

S Broadway & Table Mesa Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 2 m away.

Space Science Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 1 to 31 m away.

Spruce St & 13th St Bus stop on the north edge. 2 routes start here, 4 m away.

Table Mesa Dr & Yale Rd Bus stop on the north east edge. 2 routes start here, 3 m away.

19th St & Iris Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 6 m away.

19th St & Joslin Ct Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

19th St & Kalmia Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 8 m away.

19th St & Norwood Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 6 m away.

28th St & CO 119 Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

28th St & Kalmia Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 14 m away.

29th St & Canyon Blvd Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

30th St & Bixby Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

30th St & Colorado Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

30th St & Iris Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 65 m away.

30th St & Mapleton Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

30th St & Shadow Creek Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

30th St & Walnut St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

4800 Block Baseline Rd Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

55th St & Central Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

Arapahoe Ave & 29th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 6 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & 33rd St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 18 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & Conestoga St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & Foothills Pkwy Farside Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Arapahoe Ave & MacArthur Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

Aurora Ave & 33rd St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Aurora Ave & Gilpin Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 7 m away.

Baseline & Meadow Glen Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

Baseline Rd & 30th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

Baseline Rd & 37th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Baseline Rd & Crescent Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Baseline Rd & Inca Pkwy Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Broadway & Linden Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 11 m away.

Broadway & Poplar Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Broadway & Regent Dr Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 35 m away.

Broadway & Tamarac Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Broadway & Upland Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

Canyon Blvd & 28th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Canyon Blvd & 6th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

Canyon Blvd & Pearl St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

Colorado Ave & 28th St Farside Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

Colorado Ave & 28th St Nearside Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

Colorado Ave & Monroe Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Colorado Avenue & 33rd Street Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Crescent Dr & Laurel Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Downtown Boulder Station Gate 4 Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 66 m away.

Eisenhower Dr & Merritt Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 2 m away.

Glenwood Dr & 30th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Hwy 119 & 30th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 14 m away.

Hwy 119 & 34th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Iris Ave & 13th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 6 m away.

Iris Ave & 22nd St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 5 m away.

Iris Ave & Folsom Ave Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 6 m away.

Mohawk Dr & Aurora Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 26 m away.

Mohawk Dr & Pawnee Dr Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 7 m away.

Moorhead Ave & Hamilton Ct Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 42 m away.

Pearl & 26th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

Pearl Pkwy & 49th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Pearl St & 18th St Bus stop on the north edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Table Mesa Dr & Moorhead Ave Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 4 m away.

Thunderbird Dr & Thunderbird Cir Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

US 36 & Table Mesa Gate A Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

US 36 & Table Mesa Gate E Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

Valmont Rd & 34th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts at the stop.

Valmont Rd & Centergreen Ct Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 1 m away.

Western Ave & 55th St Bus stop on the north east edge. 1 route starts here, 3 m away.

The best run in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, 13 km and over

From Canyon Blvd & 4th St, 18 km

Ranked first of 219 running routes of this length in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.

17.8 km about 1 h 47 868 m up 86% through nature 71% unpaved

Starts at Canyon Blvd & 4th St bus stop.

How it compares with the median run in Boulder

Through nature 86%median 22%

Quiet streets 88%median 76%

Starts near a station at the station

Longest nature stretch 14.8 km

Away from traffic 99%median 97%

Views 3%median 0%

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2 From Canyon Blvd & 4th St19.2 km 725 m up 86% natureStarts at Canyon Blvd & 4th St bus stop 3 From Arapahoe Ave & 11th St17.5 km 578 m up 83% natureStarts at Arapahoe Ave & 11th St bus stop

Running in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Getting there

The best run in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, 13 km and over

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