Bayou Gulch Regional Park

synthetic turf sports fields | playground | dog park | bike park

Parker, Colorado

An Award-Winning Regional Park with Something for Everyone

Active and passive recreation fill this 205-acre regional park. This community park design offers a wide range of amenities including:

  • Synthetic turf multi-use fields—soccer, softball, football, and lacrosse

  • Age separated playgrounds

  • Basketball courts

  • Off-leash dog park

  • Sheltered picnic facilities

  • Trails and open spaces

  • Equestrian paths

  • Bike trails and skills course

  • Interpretive park and regional information

Identifiers and Theming Make Bayou Gulch Special

A contemporary ranch theme is seen throughout the park in structures and decorative elements. Footprints of native wildlife are embedded in the central walk, and of domestic animals are around the interior farmstead. 

Structures include a homestead-like concession building, shelters which resemble farmstead outbuildings, and a maintenance facility that resembles a hay barn. The playground entrance is a corral fence and etchings of animals and native plants are hidden throughout the play area.

Bayou Gulch was one of the first sites in the County’s park system to incorporate our master planned signage and wayfinding design program. The program established a standard sign design to be used at each of the County’s park sites.


Project Awards

Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado - Award of Excellence in Landscape

 

ENR Mountain States - Gold Hard Hat for Outstanding Landscape Project