Canyon View Park

Where was this park when I was growing up? It has something for everyone.
There is a great playground full with imaginative equipment — including a zipline. There are fields for all kind of games: baseball, soccer, basketball, pickleball, handball…
There is a 3 section dog park (one for little or old dogs, one for big or active dogs and one with a pond).
This park is HEAVILY used, but there always seems to be available parking. And — you are never crowded out from using equipment, either.
Nice restrooms. Great place for locals or travelers as well!

Super clean park (especially the restrooms). Well maintained. All the equipment is so nice, new maintained well, my 7 year old loves this park, as do I!

We stopped with two active dogs during an I overnight stay in Grand Junction. There were lots of dogs in the large dog area and everyone was playing well together. The park was supplied with clean up bags and there was a moderate amount of grass considering it was December and the park seems popular. Our dogs had a great time and got lots of exercise. Definitely recommend when you visit GJ.

The small dog park is okay. I think the grass needs a bit of maintaining. Large dog park area is the same as well.

Dog park is at the Northside of the park. Mostly dirt with a separate area for small dogs. A third area has a little creek or drainage area with water… not getting much use in November. One complaint is that there was a lot of abandoned dog poo. One suggestion would be to add a dog poo bag dispenser and trash can at the northwest and northeast corners… seemed to be where the poo was. Great spot to jump off highway and exercise the dogs.

I, and more importantly, my two coonhounds, were thrilled to find this dog park right off I-​70 in Grand Junction. Ours was just a one-​evening visit on a drive cross country, but I wish we had a park like this near us. The 3 completely and securely fenced in areas are huge in comparison to the parks we have at home in Las Vegas. There are a good number of big shade trees (again, in comparison to Las Vegas), with some picnic tables for the humans. Best of all, one of the areas has a very big swimming hole where the dogs can cool off while burning off even more energy. The other dogs and owners were friendly and welcoming. Someone had even left a large box of tennis balls by the entrance. The surrounding park (with ponds, soccer fields, walkways, baseball diamonds) is a nice area for an after-​park on-​leash walk during which the dogs can dry off. The dog park does have a water spigot and someone had graciously left a water bowl for general use. The only down side of this dog park seems to be the potential for lots of clay-​type mud when it rains; the ground is typical desert vegetation, with lots of bare dirt/​clay, not unnatural lush green grass.

It would be five stars but they’ve really let the dog park go downhill. The tennis facility is excellent, and seems well maintained. This park is a real asset to the community. It would be nice if they kept the drinking fountains working properly, it is often over 100 out there after all.

Great city park. I have only lived in Grand Junction for 1 month and found Canyon View Park to be the largest and the best maintained public sports complex (that I’ve found).
There are large fields for soccer, ultimate, football, etc. They also have plenty of baseball/​softball diamonds. I hope to take advantage of the fenced in dog park as well soon.
They have at least one pavilion that I know of with restrooms and charcoal grills.
As of May 2011, I can be found playing volleyball every Thursday at 6:00pm at the sand courts.
Our design firm has organized a weekly volleyball night through the entire summer.
If you’d like to join us, just come show up and play. We need a few players.