Best sunsets! What a great place to go for family recreation! Boulder built a huge rec center right…read morealong side two beautiful ponds and a huge trail! Located east of foothills off baseline, you can start north off bobolink trail, or drive down to the rec center. There's a large building but numerous trails to walk as well! There are numerous soccer and football fields around, and basketball and racquetball courts. Many volleyball fields and tennis courts too! There's a big dog park as well with a cool little pond beach. I enjoy this park a ton for sunsets and casual walks, as well as time trial runs. This is a must do park!

I am writing more about the outdoor recreational areas. There is a spot for just about any sport…read more Tennis courts, paddleball walls, playground, and large open fields for other options. A small pond and great view of the mountains. Ample parking lots. Think of it as an athletic center.

Amazing public pool…read more We went most recently for the hot springs day and it was an incredible time. They had a ramen food truck (which was fine) and free coffee and hot cocoa. We have also been here as a family during the summer and the pool is lovely. You would want to come early and get a nice shady spot because they will be taken up fast. My kiddo had to do a swimming test to use the diving board in the summer and she failed both times so she had to stay in the larger shallower end of the pool. I appreciated their dedication to safety.

This review is from a Texan native. We are here on vacay. We were thinking of fun stuff to do in…read moreDenver outside of hiking trails and found this place! We went on a hike first then decided to come here after. We didn't realize it closed so early on a Saturday, we should have checked. We got there at 4:30, so only had a little to be there. Also looking at prices on this yelp, they have gone up significantly. I see people complaining about $10 a few years ago. It was $25 per adult this time. That was crazy to me, but we had already made this plan and had driven 45 minutes for this, plus it's in the vacation budget. If I lived here I would not come back because of that price. Also if you don't have a towel, they cost $20. This place is beautiful and I loved my time here, it will be a great memory, but that price is crazy. If I come back to Denver I may look for another place that may be like this.

I usually frequent South and East Rec Centers, but decided to stop in and check out North on a…read moresunny Saturday while I was in the area. It has a nice parking area, but smaller than the other two. Still found a nice spot. Inside, the greeters were friendly and explained the layout. Again unlike the other two, North had a weight room separate from the weight machines. It was interesting to see a large area dedicated to dumbbells and barbell presses. The other, larger area had nice windows and the pulley machines. I found it a great place to workout and though it was Saturday, not too busy. They have a lot of machines. I do wish the weight room had some more ventilation. I'll be back soon and check out the pool!

It's been a long time since I visited the North Boulder Rec Center. It's fairly far from my house…read morebut they have a lot of nice programs. Decades ago my younger son took gymnastic classes there. My husband has used their pool for Scuba trip prep swims to test out their equipment. Also my kids and many of their friends had birthday party events there in the 80s. A friend of mine invited me to stop in and try out their fitness classes for seniors. The program is free to us, though most of the participants have some form of support from their medicare supplement policy (Silver Sneakers membership) and I assume that benefit supports the program financially. Nothing is ever "free" in the sense that it is just like being out in nature. There is a large building and many staff to support. All the staff we met in the process of signing up and get information on programs were very pleasant, efficient and supportive. The teacher of the class was a very positive and talented young woman who clearly understood her participants very well. The music was such fun. Some was the a similar play list to what I had in classes in the late 80s & early 90s, when I last took an indoor fitness program at other locations under the Jazzercize label. Many disco dance songs, new in that era, retro classics now. Also some pop songs of the 60s for some of us and cool down relaxing folk and ballads focus too. I was surprised yet pleased to hear Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust" unique to a class like this I think. Parking is a bit complicated at the center, as the lot out front has very small spaces and is filled quite early in the day, but there is more room along the sides with slightly larger spaces and now that we know that, we will try there first next week.

Great park for littles and bigs!!! The toddlers are HUGE fans of the sand pit and there's usually a…read morelot of kiddos at the park if you're looking for social opportunities for your littles this is a great park! Not much shade over the play areas making them semi hot but still a fun park!

This is another 9-Hole fairly wide-open Colorado-style disc golf course. It was fairly easy to…read morenavigate for somebody like myself who never played it before, but I did have to walk out of my way to find some of the baskets and tee boxes before I threw. Most of the holes were fairly long 300-400 feet, with about 4 shorter than that. Water comes into play on 2 holes, but it is easily avoidable. I did have to stop a few times before I threw to avoid throwing at kids and other oblivious pedestrians.

Lots of great games, two beautiful & interesting mini-golf courses, fast and fun go-karts, batting…read morecages, locally-owned & super fun! Highly recommend Gateway Park over any similar chain.

OUTSTANDING Service. I have a special needs child that…read morewanted to try driving gokarts. We took him to the kiddie karts first. He was the only kid on the track and the track operator took an immense amount time patiently trying to show my son how to drive the kart. Ultimately we weren't successful but I've got to applaud the efforts made. We instead made our way to the main go kart track where I drove my son around in a two seat kart. He still had a blast.

Friendly atmosphere. Nice and cool inside. Lots of cool climbs. The restrooms were nice and…read moreaccessible.

It was such a great time! I enjoyed it. it was an easy set up. they had a lot of options for the…read moreautomatic belay. we are coming back to this spot.

We were able to set up a private try-it class with Ocean First (we actually have 3 separate…read moreclasses). We set it up for our girl scout troop. They were easy and pleasant to work with to get the classes set up. We had our first class today. I attended the class today as well. Our teacher was professional and personable. We did 30 minutes in class room. and then 90 minutes in the pool. I personally deal with some sensory issues and i was able to work through them and was personally very happy with my experience. The girls that were able to go today also all really enjoyed themselves! What a great experience! I can't wait for my other girls to be able to try it. And my daughter is now interested in getting scuba certified as well! Great job Ocean First! Thank you so much for everything!

I did my Accelerated Open Water Certification Course through Ocean First with Julie Remp here in…read moreBoulder and had a stellar experience. Julie was incredibly knowledgeable and made sure to make us all feel comfortable with the variety of skills we needed to know to safely dive for the first time. I felt very prepared from the pool sessions she led to be able to do my open water certification and sessions out in Hawaii. I wasn't able to finish out my certification through Ocean First due to time constraints, but the Dive Instructor out in Hawaii was incredibly impressed with my proficiency underwater, stating that if I hadn't been signed up for the course, they would have assumed I was a much more experienced diver. I lend much of that to the great instruction I had here in the pool. I cannot recommend the course enough and certainly suggest everyone who wants to learn to dive to stop by.

We have been traveling for years during the winter to The Oasis. It has always been a pleasure, and…read morethe staff has consistently demonstrated professionalism. However, we recently learned a valuable lesson regarding their protocol on outside drinks. We coordinated a group to take a day off work and spend the afternoon at their facility. To make it worthwhile, we needed another player and managed to solidify a last-minute invite. The court was rented for 3 hours, and about 1.5 hours in, the extra invite pulled a drink out of his bag right in front of the staff. He was confronted and agreed to leave without any resistance, acknowledging that his actions were uncalled for. To me, it seemed like the situation was resolved as our group began organizing the next match. However, moments later, the staff decided to escalate the issue, stating that since the player who violated the facility rules was on our court, everyone in our group had to leave the premises. The staff member also blamed us for not policing our invitees according to their rules and regulations. No one in our group knew the player had the drink until he pulled it out, yet we were all penalized, and the rental cost for the court was kept. The only reason I am leaving this post is to make others aware of The Oasis's protocol for such situations. If you invite anyone to play on the court you rented, you will be held personally responsible for their actions against The Oasis's rules and regulations.

not sure who BUT the 5' 10" (ish average height) lighter brown straight haired bartender w a…read morebackward baseball hat threatened to throw us out for not having our ID's ready within 10 seconds. I had to go to the car to get my ID and he threatened to start the sprinklers on me bc i took longer than 10 seconds. i told him three times i needed to get my ID from the car (bc i didnt drive) and needed maybe 1min... he told my friends he would set the fire sprinklers on them if i took "too long":.. i WILL NOT be back to this establishment if this is how i'll be treated. please respond and do better.