Dodd Reservoir, also known as Dodd Lake, is a quaint bird and wildlife viewing area.
Dodd Reservoir
Trails
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Dodd Reservoir Trail
0.1 miles – Easy
Rules & Regulations
Day Use Only
No Pets Allowed
No Swimming
No Camping
Keep In Mind
- Bikes and horses are not recommended as the trail is only 0.1 miles long.
- Access to the shore and water are prohibited. Users must stay on trail.
- Dogs and alcohol are prohibited.
Photos
Open Gallery in New WindowMammals
- Coyote
- Fox squirrel
- Muskrat
- Prairie Dog
- Raccoon
- Red Fox
Birds
- American white pelican
- Bald eagle
- Barn swallow
- Black-billed magpie
- Canada goose
- Great blue heron
- Killdeer
- Northern shoveler
- Mallard
- Red-tailed hawk
- Red-winged blackbird
- Snow goose
- Tree swallow
- Western grebe
- Western meadowlark
Invertebrates
- American rubyspot
- Ambush bug
- Band-winged meadowhawk
- Blue-eyed darner
- Cabbage white
- Differential grasshopper
- Five-spotted hawk moth
- Golden paper wasp
- Golden northern bumble bee
- Long-tailed giant ichneumonoid wasp
- Painted lady
- Queen butterfly
- Two-tailed swallowtail
- Variegated meadowhawk
- Widow skimmer
Shrubs & Trees
- Peach leaf willow (Salix amygdaloides)
- Plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides var. monilifera)
Grasses, Sedges & Cattails
- Broad-leaf cattail (Typha latifolia)
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
- Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)
- Western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)
Yellow Wildflowers
- Golden currant (Ribes aureum)
- Prairie sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris)
Pink, Orange & Red Wildflowers
- Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Alvah Dodd Sr. arrived from Iowa in 1880 to homestead on the property. The Dodd family raised cattle, along with harvesting ice blocks from the frozen lake in the winter. In 1999, Boulder County purchased 243 acres from Alvah’s descendants, along with the water rights to Dodd Lake.
From 2014 to 2017, Boulder County Audubon conducted a habitat restoration to return the land to a shortgrass prairie wetland to provide habitat for migratory birds.