Top 5 Wheat Ridge Parks

Appraisers must often comment and analyze the impact of parklands or open space on the value of a residential property. Appraisers might gather additional details and information about the views or assess what types of activities a park space hosts to gauge if these activities have a positive or negative impact on the value of a residential property. My background put me in a unique position to have some fun with these notable parks in Wheat Ridge and give some insights into the way these parks influence the residential property near them.

5. Prospect Park

The park doesn’t have many adjacent residential lots. The Parkside Patio homes are the closest residential properties and if you happen to be a softball player that lives on a lot in the Parkside Patio homes you can make a field of dreams like entrance onto the fields. I couldn’t find many homes that are immediately adjacent to the park due to the configuration of the patio homes.

4. Hopper Hollow

Hopper Hollow is a great park space for kids 8 and under. The play equipment is modern and has a fun reptile theme. Like Prospect not many residential lots that directly border the park.

3. Randall Park

The playground area is great for kids but the wood-chipped playground area can be messy and isn’t accessible to people with physical disabilities. The great feature of the playground equipment is its proximity to restrooms and a pavilion space for parties and gatherings. The park also has a small ballfield space as well as a lighted softball field that is mostly used by youth girls softball in the summertime. The neighborhood park is surrounded by homes on W. 41st Ave., Gray St, Fenton St., and W 43rd Ave. There is also a fenced-in concrete pad for basketball that used to be used for tennis. Randall is a great-sized park for its location in the neighborhood and excellent for walking a dog around the perimeter or through the park.

2. Panorama Park

Appropriately named, the park offers some of the best views since it’s situated near the crest of a hill. Homes that surround Panorama may have the best surrounding views and depending on the size of trees in your sightline might even get a few views of the mountains to the West. The homes around Panorama definitely get a great view of anything going on in the park throughout the day. Panorama has baseball/softball and soccer fields as well as playground equipment and the most recent addition of an outdoor fitness park. There is also a basketball court and a few tennis courts on the Northeast side.

1. Anderson Park

Anderson Park hosts all sorts of activities and special events throughout the year. The residential properties near the park are along Garrison St. or Everett St. and of course, you can’t forget the homes that run along Clear Creek. Depending on the property you might have a daring walk down a bluff or not be able to access the park from your home, but you’d probably get some great firework views every August during the Carnation Festival. The amenities in the park are numerous including the community pool and waterpark, Anderson building, and the site of the Performances in the Park in the summertime. Anyone who purchases a home near the park will benefit from the proximity to the park but will also have impacts from the park such as increased traffic or the occasional event or swim meet impact on their daily routine.