A popular park, Palmer Park is located in Colorado Springs and has over 25 trails for hiking, horseback riding or mountain biking. These trails are generally singletrack but there are also double-tracks and dirt roads along the way. The park has unique rock formations and wildlife with rabbits, coyotes, foxes and occasionally bears at the park. At the trail, there's a bird-watching park with hawks, ravens, towhees and chickadees.

The park has two baseball/softball fields, a dog park to walk animals (make sure to have a leash and to clean up the mess), a community playground for kids, horse stables for horse back riding, several picnic grounds for couples and large groups, a football/soccer field and three volleyball courts. 

Once owned by Matt France in the 1800s, he sold the land in 1873 to Henry Austin; he changed the name to Austin Bluffs and raised sheep. Then in 1902, William Jackson Palmer (the founder of Colorado Springs) donated the 692 acres to Colorado Springs for the park. With it, he improved the roads leading to the park (Paseo Dr. and Palmer Park Blvd.) Eventually, activities were added for attraction later in the century. Overall, Palmer Park is an adventurous and beautiful place for all visitors to explore the outdoors while enjoying the views of the wildlife.