Eben Fine Park

Perfect park for all ages: the bridge, the trees, the boulders, the greenery, the snow… and we were lucky enough to have our airbnb house just right THERE! what a nice background when you wake up and see this beautiful park and everybody in Boulder seemed to be there, either walking, running, taking their dogs for fresh air or just enjoying the landscape. The only complaint can be the limited parking space but there is a small park after all, filled with amenities. Recommending a visit, and if I lived in Boulder this would be a place to exercise and get fit.

Eben G. Fine Park is, well, a pretty good park.
It’s on the scenic several mile long Boulder Creek Path, where the westernmost part of Boulder meets the base of the foothills. For such a small park, it has a surprising amount of amenities, including a sheltered picnic area and some limited parking. Though I’d imagine few visitors bring their cars, instead arriving there via their bicycle or running shoes. Extra star because, at least when I was there, the water fountain shot pleasingly high. So you might be careful to not be TOO close when you turn it on. Which certainly beats ones that come out in a trickle!
Now, I may be easy to impress as the backdrop of the foothills, accented with a light powdering on the day I visited, looked amazing. And despite the proximity to Arapahoe Ave and Pearl Street, I wasn’t distracted by traffic noise.
My more jaded Coloradoan friend just called it, «Almost every winter day in Boulder».
But he can do his own review. ;)
4.25 stars.

I do like this park. We have gone here for years. From time to time, especially early in the morning or late in the evening, there might be a few transients hanging out or «camping» illegally though I have never been accosted in any way. Not bad at all this year. The police are keeping an eye on things.
That is all that keeps this from a 5 star review. But it’s real life and I am going to enjoy this place as do many others, including school or camp groups. I ride the Creek Path from here, regularly.
Nice shady green space, a picnic shelter, a port-​a-​potty etc all here. There is limited parking, maybe 16 spaces or so in the small lot, but always more up on the street before the entrance. But the reality is that many locals come by bike or on foot.
It is a great place to access the Creek Path. It is officially the starting point, mile maker 0.0, as etched on the stone at the foot of the bridge over the creek at the east edge of the park near the parking lot. But you can also ride, run or walk west, up the canyon, from the west edge of the park. You pass the kayakers and then it gets steep. The path crosses the creek a couple of times and it is paved part way up, then it is gravel. It ends at the Four Mile Canyon turnoff.
It is a hard ride for someone like me but I have done it a few times. The fit cyclists that abound in Boulder pass me all the time. And the runners, too.
But for a nice, low key, shady place for a picnic, it is a hidden gem.