Johnstown
Trails, parks and places worth an afternoon in and around Johnstown.
VenueJohnstown Plaza at 2534, I-25 and US 34
Colorado's largest professional dinner theatre, a 350-seat house at the 2534 interchange doing Broadway musicals with dinner service; Les Misérables through mid-November, Holiday Inn from late November.
VenueOld Town, Charlotte Street
Town founder Harvey Parish's 1914 Craftsman bungalow, kept by the Johnstown Historical Society with the family's furnishings and a piece of the 1924 Johnstown meteorite. Free; Tue, Wed and Sat mornings.
ParkOld Town, 1st Place
The park on the Town's reservoir in Old Town: a walking path, shelters, a playground, restrooms, and permit fishing for bass, trout, catfish and crappie.
ParkOld Town, Charlotte Street
Old Town's park at Charlotte and Raymond, beside the Parish House Museum: shelters with power, a playground, restrooms, volleyball and walking paths. Home of BBQ Day.
VenueJohnstown Plaza at 2534, I-25 and US 34
The 250,000-square-foot sporting-goods store at 2534 with a 65-foot indoor Ferris wheel, a 16,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, a wildlife mountain, an arcade, a candy factory and Ginna's Café.
ParkClearview, west side
Neighborhood park in the Clearview subdivision with a playground and a reservable shelter with electricity.
ParkJohnstown Center, south side
Park in the Johnstown Center neighborhood with a skate park, a lighted hockey rink, a basketball court, a soccer field and a playground.
VenueSouth Parish Avenue
The Johnstown-Milliken library district's Johnstown branch on South Parish Avenue: storytimes, classes, a makerspace and a library of things. Open six days.
ParkCountry Acres
Neighborhood park with a basketball court, sand volleyball, shelters with electricity and a playground; one of the two Town parks where alcohol is allowed by permit.
VenueOld Town, Parish Avenue
The Historical Society's self-guided 25-stop walk through Old Town: the 1902 hardware store that was the first business, the 1904 and 1922 schools, the churches, the Masonic Temple and the site of the opera house.
VenueSettler Way, north of Old Town
The YMCA of Northern Colorado's Johnstown branch: lap and leisure pools with slides and diving boards, a gym, an indoor track, fitness classes, a preschool and fields.
VenueSouth Parish Avenue
The Town's offices and Council Chambers at the south end of Parish Avenue; fishing permits, utility billing and the first-and-third-Monday Council meetings.
ParkPioneer Ridge, east side
Park by Pioneer Ridge Elementary with a free nine-hole disc golf course, opened in June 2021.
ParkRolling Hills Ranch
Neighborhood park in Rolling Hills Ranch with a playground, benches and two reservable shelters.
ParkNorth 6th Street
Park on North 6th Street with a walking path, a shaded picnic structure and two reservable shelters.
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