The Rifle Creek Valley includes a superb golf course, stunning state parks, and great mountain climbing. Outside our back door are the towering cliffs of the Roan Plateau, the desert scrub of Hubbard Mesa, the high-altitude Flat Tops, trails for every type of rider through sagebrush or aspens, and the Colorado River.

With three State Parks (Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap) Rifle Mountain Park, Rifle Creek Golf Course, and endless BLM and Forest Service lands, you can spend a weekend or a lifetime revving up, pumping up, and huffing and puffing up trails, lakes, rocks, and mountains.

The Rifle Creek Trail is a 3-mile hard surface trail that is a scenic and convenient walking and biking route through the City of Rifle. The trail begins behind the Brenden Theater in downtown Rifle and follows the creek through Centennial Park, Rifle …

When the heat of summer makes desert rides less appealing, high country alternates are less than half an hour away. Three Forks / 2150 follows the headwaters of Rifle creek through spruce trees, aspen groves, and wildflower meadows.

Located about six miles north of Downtown Rifle is Rifle Creek Golf Course, an award-winning golf course nestled against the Grand Hogback Ridge. The championship 18-hole golf course offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains …

Rifle Creek Golf Course is located at 3004 Highway 325, just north of Rifle, Colorado. Golfers will enjoy playing the challenging course with distinctively different nine hole courses, while simultaneously reveling in the scenic beauty of the Rifle Creek Valley.

The first part of the drive will take you past beautiful ranches and the Rifle Creek Golf Course and features scenic views of Rifle Gap and the Grand Hogbacks. Once you pass Rifle Creek Golf Course, you’ll drive through Rifle Gap, a notch passing through the steep ridges of …

Some of the most popular trails are Rifle Falls, Rifle Arch, and RIfle Riparian Zone. Additional hiking trails are Three Forks Trail, Beaver Creek Trail, and Hubbard Mesa Trails.

West Rifle Creek State Wildlife Area is approximately 1243 acres (1.94 sq. miles or 5.03 sq. kilometers) and ranges from 5,959 ft to 6,835 ft in elevation. The drive along Country Road 252 through this area is a lovely trip into an unspoiled part of the Old West.

The White River, Rifle Creek, Elk Creek, and Canyon Creek, all flow out of the western part of the Flat Tops. No Name Creek, Grizzly Creek, Deep Creek, Sweetwater Creek, and the Yampah River all find their headwaters in the eastern sections of the Flat Tops.