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Trails, parks and places worth an afternoon in and around Loveland.

Trails, parks and venues

The brown Colorado Parks and Wildlife “Welcome to Heron Cove” sign on the sandy shore of Boyd Lake on a clear summer morning in 2017, with Canada geese along the waterline and a small motorboat out on the lake.

Park

Boyd Lake State Park

A 2,082-acre Colorado Parks and Wildlife park built around Boyd Lake, with camping, fishing, swimming and paddling; low water has closed the lake to boating for the rest of 2026.

The cream-colored facade of the Rialto Theater on 4th Street, with RIALTO lettered in the tall arched window over its row of glass entrance doors and the street number 228 on the side door, under a clear winter sky.

VenueDowntown

Rialto Theater Center

A 4th Street theater that opened as a silent movie house in 1920 and now hosts touring musicians, comedians and performers alongside local performing arts groups.

Parks & open space 4

  • Benson Sculpture Garden

    Park

    A free 10-acre sculpture park with 188 permanently installed works, home since 1985 to the Loveland High Plains Arts Council's Sculpture in the Park show each August.

    2908 Aspen Dr, Loveland, CO 80538

    Open year-round, any time of day; part of the park closes for setup of the August Sculpture in the Park show

    Checked October 4

  • Boyd Lake State Park

    Park

    A 2,082-acre Colorado Parks and Wildlife park built around Boyd Lake, with camping, fishing, swimming and paddling; low water has closed the lake to boating for the rest of 2026.

    3720 N County Road 11-C, Loveland, CO 80538

    Park daily 5 am–10 pm; visitor center Wed–Sun 9 am–4 pm (closed Mon–Tue and holidays)

    Checked October 4

  • Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra

    Park

    A free 26-acre sculpture park beside the Promenade Shops at Centerra, with 82 monumental stone sculptures by Zimbabwean artists set along walking trails and gardens.

    Off US 34 and Centerra Parkway, just east of the Promenade Shops at Centerra, Loveland, CO

    Daily 6 am–10 pm

    Checked October 4

  • High Plains Environmental Center

    Park

    A nonprofit nature center with 275 acres of restored native open space and trails, plus demonstration gardens that are open dawn to dusk every day.

    2698 Bluestem Willow Dr, Loveland, CO 80538

    Gardens and trails daily, dawn to dusk; office by appointment

    Checked October 4

Venues 2

  • Rialto Theater Center

    Venue

    A 4th Street theater that opened as a silent movie house in 1920 and now hosts touring musicians, comedians and performers alongside local performing arts groups.

    228 E 4th St, Loveland, CO 80537

    Box office (fall): Tue & Thu 12:30 pm–5:30 pm; Fri 3 pm–5:30 pm; also opens 60 minutes before ticketed events

    Checked October 4

  • The Ranch Events Complex & Blue Arena

    Venue

    The big events campus off I-25 at Crossroads Boulevard: Blue Arena for concerts and Colorado Eagles hockey, plus halls and arenas for trade shows, festivals, rodeo and equine events.

    5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO 80538

    Box office (inside Blue Arena): Mon–Fri 10 am–5 pm; event times vary

    Checked October 4

Outdoors, in depth