This is a wonderful spot to access the Bosque trails. Going upriver will provide you with some unobstructed views of the river and the Sandia Mountains; going downriver immerses you in the wonders of a uniquely New Mexico Cottonwood forest.These are two early morning views of the Sandias taken while hiking the trails.

This is a great place to get outside and enjoy nature. You also have the opportunity to take some beautiful pictures. Just found out about this place and will be returning many, many times!

Beautiful area and fabulous trail!

Nice spot to go and hang out at the river. Easy access if you are in a vehicle and even funner getting there of you have a UTV!

Gorgeous despite being 6 days early for the fall foliage PEAK!

Great Open Space, Short walk to the water. Lots of trails, popular spot and next to a park, always busy.

Love this place. Clean and great place to swim or walk the dogs

This place is nice for hiking go in the evening is beautiful place sun set

Beautiful place to walk and see nature

I love this place, it is my beach, bike and walking paths and my place of solitude.

Its an urban forest with access to the Rio grande. Whats not to like.

It was all some, lots and lots of trails everything was nice and clean

Great place for a hike. Unpaved road next to park is what you take to a gravel parking area. Bring water & a snack - youll want to explore for awhile!

This place could be amazing, if it werent for the piles of trash everywhere.

Can get a little packed and quite a few careless people leaving trash behind not to mention pick up your wet socks...

Great place for having a peaceful walk!

Nice place to walk. good access to the rio grande. great views of Sandia. Wish dog walker pick up after their pets.

A favorite walk. Coyotes, rabits, quail, geese, sandhill crane & roadrunners. Super friendly walkers, bikers, & joggers. Gorgeous views

One of my favorite places to go to get it into nature. Easily accessible, great for kids.

Great hidden gem to walk and sight see

Another place to feel the near Inexplicable beauty of nature.

Great walk - beautiful even in winter

Awesome trail. Need all the extras to keep away..

Well maintained hard-packed walking trail above the rivers edge.

A moderately traveled trail system winding through the cottonwoods and along the river suitable for walking, trail running and even riding.

Great place for rafting and paddle boarding

A little peaceful interlude in the middle of a busy day. Quiet natural setting in the cottonwood forest next to the river.

Great location for a walk or bike ride. Nice views.

Love rafting. Good drop in spot.

Great place to go for a walk, skip rocks in the river, see wildlife, take pictures, have a picnic and more.

Ive been passing through this section for quite a while and for some reason blew past a whole area that I just now found while coming to this trailhead. I was completely missing the section to the right of the parking lot under all the trees. When I was passing through I would always be walking on the paved road, not knowing how to, or even that you could get down there. :) Always a beautiful place to meander under the trees, next to the Rio, with a majestic mountainous view!

Trails were amazing and people were fishing. Great experience. My run was worth the drive

Great place to go for a short walk along the river. Can take your dogs as well. Very few people come here. Great views of the Sandia Mountains!

Beautiful

Beautiful Bosque

The directions arent that great, so you may just want to use Google Maps to navigate to the Vista park, then turn right onto the dirt road immediately past the park. Beautiful views, lots of bird watching, but be careful as there are tons of coyotes in the area. Make sure you wear junk shoes or your good boots as the shoreline gets nice and mucky.

Great hiking

Ok for a nature walk. The trails could use some attention (cleaning).

Awesome!!

We got attacked by mosquitos and it smelled like sewer the sorounding area was so filthy...

I really love this place its calm and peaceful theres a lot of interesting wildlife and fun things to do like kayaking and fishing.

Beach front veiw of the Rio Grande!

This place is so beautiful and peaceful

Amazing view from Bernalillo to Albuquerque with Sandia Mountain in the middle and the Rio Grande river below. Apparently this is a popular spot to pick up groups canoeing and kayaking. No facilities or even a port-a-pottty at this location, but lots of private trees.

My husband and I love bring our dogs for a walk out here.

The best parts were the rugged and wild with glaciers, countless rivers and lakes, majestic mountain peaks, some active volcanoes, and nearly 34,000 miles of tidal shoreline. And the best of them all had to be MT. Denali at 20,320 ft.

The Rio Grande Bosque is a unique and wonderful place. Take some time to walk the trails by the Rivers edge and you can almost forget you are in a city.

Beautiful place

The water was great and my kids enjoyed the time we had there!

Great place to walk the dogs, get some exercise, ride a bike, kayaking, photography - all done here.

I love this river and the Bosque surrounding it

It is a beautiful place. Ive been coming here regularly for 6 years. It is magical in the Fall with the yellow cottonood trees. Ive seen it when it was a hidden spot and wed be the only ones there, to when the rains washed it all away and the dirt roads caved in, to when the city rebuilt it, and now where it has gotten so popular its really overrun with people. That is the only reason I docked one star. People dont respect the signs and you get litter and dogs off leash all the time now. So prepare to get licked, get muddy paw prints on you, have your kids bowled over by dogs, or have a ripped shirt from an ill-behaved wandering dog with no owner in sight. That part has been frustrating.If you drive there by the dirt road, it is so narrow, especially on the east side, it should really be one way, but in the fall when the place is packed, you get morons driving the wrong way on the road and its so tight, its scary to pass without falling in the acequia. Please drive on the right side of the acequia and go back on the right side so everyone can be safe.There are trails you can walk and bike on. There is a shallow shore you can wade in the water or fly a kite. Kayaks and rafts can put in here. The accessibility of the water changes a lot and some trails are not available all year because they are under water in the spring or after big rains. Sometimes its nice and sandy, other times muddy. In the Spring and Summer, there are big time mosquitos, so bring repellant.Its an amazing place if people would just respect the land and each other.

Its always great and very beautiful. Love this area.

One of my favorite places ever, go north to see a great view of river and mountains, possibly the best angle.

One of my favorite places to take my dogs for a walk thats so close to home

This is a very beautiful place if you love to get away from all the loud noises of traffic and you just want to relax with the sound of the water. Its a hidden Oasis away from the public yet the public still knows about it.

Great place for taking some pics!

So beautiful and peaceful

So beautiful!!!

Great place to play and get outdoors!!!

Beautiful place to walk

Great fishing here

Good place to walk dogs

What a fun place to play in the water at!

Very nice area also pretty clean

Peaceful!

Had a blast

Peaceful!

Is the second largest Cottonwood forest in the world runs from where Im standing to pass Socorro about 50-60 miles

Great hiking trails

It was beautiful and cool down by the river

Nice

Great place to recreate

Beautiful place

Ok

Pleasant hike

Gravel & ruts not for little or low cars

Beautiful, lots of birds.

I love it

Quiet, clean, safe.

Very beautiful and very nice trails