Crescent Meadows is an undeveloped trailhead access area within Eldorado Canyon State Park that serves as a gateway to the western portion of the park. Visitors can reach this area by hiking the Eldorado Canyon Trail and Walker Ranch Loop (4.

5 miles) or by driving west from Boulder on Flagstaff Road to Gross Dam Road, then south to the Crescent Meadows parking lot.

The area provides access to South Boulder Creek and surrounding trails, with hunting permitted seasonally (hand-held bows and shotguns with birdshot from September through March, and primitive weapons for big game from September through May).