Belleview Park's Farm and Train Ride Is Worth the Trip

Belleview Park in Englewood is one of those places I kept meaning to check out and kept pushing back. Finally made it out there and came away thinking: why did I wait so long? It's not flashy. It's not trying to be. It's just a solid, well-run outdoor spot that does a few specific things really well, and for families with younger kids especially, it hits different than a regular park visit.

Here's what's actually there and what to expect.

Englewood Farm and Train at Belleview Park

The two main draws are the farm and the train, and they're both worth your time — though the farm is the one that'll have your kids talking about it on the drive home. It's a petting zoo, but a legitimately good one. We're talking pigs, cows, goats, sheep, and alpacas all in one place. The setup is small, but it's well-maintained, which matters more than size when you've got little ones running around. Clean enough that you're not cringing the whole time, but real enough that it still feels like an actual farm experience.

The train ride wraps around the park for $5, which in 2024 is almost shocking for what you get. It's not a long ride, but the kids love it and honestly it's a nice way to see the park layout before you go exploring on foot. For a summer afternoon where you want to be outside but don't want to commit to a full-day hike or a packed attraction, this is the move.

Now, the chicken thing — yes, the title of my video is "just don't touch the chickens" for a reason. I'm not going to spoil exactly what happened, but let's just say there are some animals at the farm that are friendlier than others, and then there are the chickens. Manage your expectations and maybe keep a firm grip on the little ones near that particular section.

One thing worth knowing before you go: this isn't a huge sprawling complex. You're not going to spend a full day here the way you might at a bigger attraction. Plan for a couple of hours, especially if you pair the farm visit with a train ride and let the kids play in the park itself afterward. Belleview Park has open green space beyond the farm and train, so there's room to spread out once you've done the main attractions.

The Englewood and Greenwood Village area is easy enough to get to from Denver proper — not a serious haul, but it does feel like a bit of a different pace once you're out there, which is part of the appeal. If you're coming from inside the city, treat it like a half-day thing and build in some extra time to just wander the park.

Birthday parties are apparently a pretty popular use case here too. If you've got a kid with a summer birthday and you're trying to figure out something that isn't a pizza restaurant party room, the farm setting gives you something to work with. Worth looking into if that's on your radar.

The price point makes all of this pretty low-stakes. At $5 for the train ride and what sounds like minimal cost for the farm itself, you're not gambling much if it turns out not to be your family's thing. But in my experience, anything with live animals and a train is going to land well with the under-ten crowd. That's just math.

What to Know Before You Go

A few practical things since I want this to actually be useful. The farm is small, and that's fine — just don't show up expecting a county fair scale operation. It's a neighborhood attraction done right, not a full production. The animals are well cared for and the whole thing has that "city took this seriously" energy, which you don't always get with municipal attractions.

If you're trying to squeeze the last few weeks out of summer, this is a solid option. Englewood and Greenwood Village don't always come up when people list outdoor things to do near Denver, but Belleview Park earns a spot on that list. Especially if you've already done the bigger, louder, more expensive options and you're looking for something that's just... nice.

Take the train. Let the kids pet the goats. Leave the chickens alone.

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I've been covering Denver and the surrounding area for a while now — the channel just crossed two million views, which is still pretty wild to think about — and the stuff that resonates most isn't always the splashy new restaurant or the big event. Sometimes it's a $5 train ride in Englewood on a Tuesday afternoon where nobody's on their phone and the kid is completely locked in watching a goat eat something off the ground.

That's what Belleview Park delivered for me. Nothing complicated about it. Just a good way to spend a few hours outside before summer wraps up.