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Connor’s Visit (July 2025): He joined one of the Foundation’s guided hikes at Lost Canyon Ranch a year before the open space opened: “Not only was it great to get outdoors and hike (mostly under cloud cover), but it was great to meet some of the awesome individuals behind CR Parks & Trails.” (Castle Rock Crew, July 22, 2025)
The Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 46-2703132) founded in 2012. Its stated mission is to “inspire nature conservation, promote open space stewardship, and encourage our community to get outdoors,” and its goal is to “partner with the Town of Castle Rock to make our outdoor spaces better.” The Foundation has no public office; it works through events and volunteer projects on the Town’s parks, trails and open spaces, including Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space.
Signature Programs:
- 🎶 Tunes for Trails, the free summer concert fundraiser at Philip S. Miller Park
- 🌅 Twilight on the Trails Gala
- 🥾 Discover Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space series: guided hikes, full-moon hikes, sunrise yoga and stargazing
- 🙋 Volunteer trail and open-space projects
As we reported it: In 2025 Castle Rock Crew counted the Town’s 62 developed parks, 136 miles of trails and 6,900 acres of open space, and Tunes for Trails ran on third Thursdays from 6:30pm to 9pm at Miller Park with doors at 5:30pm. (Castle Rock Crew, June 17, 2025) The Foundation was 105 West Brewing’s charity of the month in April 2026, with a volunteer info night on April 13. (Castle Rock Crew, April 7, 2026)
Important Information:
- – Contact: [email protected] | PO Box 724, Castle Rock, CO 80104 | getoutdoorscastlerock.org
- – Donate: givebutter.com/crparkstrails | Volunteer: pointapp.org/orgs/8996
📍 Local Insights
🎶 Tunes for Trails: Free, bring a lawn chair; the concerts double as the trail-project fundraiser, so the food trucks and the drawing are how you chip in.
🎉 2026 year in review: Tunes for Trails drew nearly 4,600 people this year, per the Foundation’s year-end donor email. Fundraisers like a guided birding hike and the signature Twilight on the Trails gala paid for new heavy-duty log benches along the Willow Creek and Pronghorn paths at Lost Canyon Ranch. The Agents of Discovery app and new public art at parks and along trails drew hundreds of families out, and volunteers logged 176 hours this year.
💚 Colorado Gives Day: Donations from Nov. 1 through Colorado Gives Day (Dec. 8, 2026) are boosted by the Colorado Gives Incentive Fund, which matches the first $100 of any new monthly gift set up in that window.
🤲 More ways to give locally: See our Douglas County nonprofits guide.
Upcoming events at Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation
Nothing on our calendar for Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation right now. The venue posts its own schedule at Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation, and Castle Rock events this weekend for what is on nearby.
👉 Best For
- •Volunteering outdoors
- •Free summer concerts
- •Guided hikes at Lost Canyon Ranch
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