Rollin D Barnard Equestrian Park
Location1001 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Village, CO 80121
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Websitehttps://co-greenwoodvillage3.civicplus.com/1239/Equestrian-Parks-Trails
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PDF Map
This link is not a map of the Equestrian Park but shows the larger trail system throughout Greenwood Villiage.
https://co-greenwoodvillage3.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/10939/Trail-Map?bidId=
Trail Map
No great trail map on the website. Google maps is pretty good for an overview.
Park Fees
Free!
Trailer Parking
The parking lot was a little small. Yvonne and I had no problem turning around with our goosenecks but it might be tough with more than 2-3 bumper pull trailers.
BathroomsNone Available
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WaterCreek in park but no faucets.
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Footing |
There were some really nice rocks on the border of the parking lot.
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The equestrian park is grass and the highline canal is crushed gravel.
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Horse Hazards
The equestrian park is very horse friendly. There are multiple water crossings to practice and fun jumps. We did see a pedestrian walking his dog through the park. Riding on the highline canal was challenging. Lots of fast bikers, strollers, yard activity and finally roofers that caused us to turn around.
Chosen Trail
We rode around the equestrian park and had fun jumping the cross country jumps. After jumping we walked north next to Clarkson Street to pick up the Highline Canal. The Highline Canal goes for miles! We rode on a pretty busy week-day and turned around when we came up to a house getting a new roof. We rode 3 miles in about an hour plus some time for jumping.
Trail Experience
We started riding down the hill. To the left are some jumps. To the right, a water crossing then a big sand arena.
We went to the left and checked out the jumps. The picture on the right shows a small 3 log jump and a wood slat triangle base jump.
Sam and I did a small course. We started down the hill over a vertical the around the corner over 3 logs then made a loop to give ourselves room to jump a triangle.
We continued on, past a bench, down a hill and across a water crossing.
There were some larger jumps on the other side of the river. We jumped a fun in and out that was a small vertical. At the end of the park you can see the cement path up Clarkson that leads to the Highline canal.
We rode north on Clarkson then went right at the 2nd road, Sunset Court. At the end of the road we saw signs for the Highline Canal Trail. We went left to go north-east on the trail first.
The trail was wide but had lots of activity. We crossed South Franklin Street and went for a little while longer.
We turned around when we saw roofers working on a house right next to the trail. There were lots of houses with horse property along the trail.
We continued south past Sunset Court to see if we could get back to the equestrian center another way.
We cut right through this playground and followed a nice dirt trail that took us back to Clarkson.
We turned left on Clarkson to find our way back to the equestrian center.
Rating
Equestrian Center - Easy to Moderate, Fun and safe, The water crossings were fun to practice and the jumps were small enough for Sam and I to feel comfortable jumping.
Highline Canal - Moderately Difficult. This rating is because of all the activity, strange objects, yardwork and urban obstacles seen along the trail.
Highline Canal - Moderately Difficult. This rating is because of all the activity, strange objects, yardwork and urban obstacles seen along the trail.