Castle Rock has a final opportunity to secure a grant from the Great Outdoors Colorado Connect Initiative program to complete the Colorado Front Range Trail through Castle Rock and extend the existing trail system for Castle Rock residents at a faster pace than otherwise possible.

Project Background & Details:
  • The Colorado Front Range Trail (CFRT) network began in 2003 to offer a multi-purpose trail connecting communities along the Front Range from Wyoming to New Mexico
  • Castle Rock functions as an essential crossroads for the CFRT: East Plum Creek, Hangman’s Gulch, Woodlands and McMurdo Gulch trails will eventually link travelers from Chatfield State Park to the west with the Cherry Creek trail to the east, and Denver to the north with Colorado Springs to the south
  • Project will complete three missing segments of the CFRT: an extension of the concrete multi-use East Plum Creek Trail south to connect to the Douglas County trail system and two segments of the concrete multi-use McMurdo Gulch Trail east to connect to the Cherry Creek Trail
  • Concrete trail will be open to hikers, walkers and bikers
  • Grant request will be for the maximum amount of $2,000,000 through the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Connect Initiative program to partially fund the project that will be planned and constructed over the next three years with an approximate cost of $5,000,000. Remaining funding will come from Douglas County, land developers and funding already allocated for new trail construction projects
  • GOCO Connect Initiative focuses on connecting existing trail gaps, constructing new, highly demanded trail systems

Did you know?
GOCO grants have helped fund other projects in Castle Rock, such as the acquisitions of the Gateway Mesa, Quarry Mesa and East Plum Creek open space areas, the construction of the East Plum Creek Trail between Meadows Parkway and Wolfensberger Road, the construction of the Adventure Playground at Philip S. Miller Park and most recently, the construction of the East Plum Creek Trail Southern Extension.
Please take a moment to give us feedback about your thoughts on the expansion of the Colorado Front Range Trail in Castle Rock. Simply fill out the five-question survey and submit. 

Thank you for your support of Castle Rock trails!

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