Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center, Regional park and nature center in Colorado Springs, United States

Bear Creek Regional Park is a regional park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with trails for hiking, horseback riding, running and cycling. It contains a nature center and the El Paso Park Headquarters, plus tennis courts, soccer fields, basketball courts, an archery range, and a 24-acre dog park. The terrain includes grassy meadows, scattered trees and shrubs, and a mountain creek, with a mountain ridge rising in the distance.

From the late 1800s until 1983 or 1984, the land that became the park held a residential poor farm, where residents grew food in gardens. The grounds also contained a Pest House and a Pauper's Cemetery. In 1873 the only trail to the Pikes Peak Signal Station ran from Manitou Springs through Bear Creek Cañon, a 17-mile route passing Seven Lakes and Jones Park.

The nature center, on Bear Creek Road off 26th Street and Lower Gold Camp Road, holds media presentations, interpretive programs and special events, and is open Tuesday through Saturday year-round. Visitors can join self-guided or guided walks on trails marked with signs about the park's plants and animals; horses, pets and bicycles are barred from the nature center trail.

The park is easy to reach and has trails for walking and hiking at different difficulty levels. Visitors should wear good shoes and be prepared for changing weather depending on the season.

The park's name comes from Bear Creek, which flows through its eastern section. The 24-acre dog park, fenced off from about half the park, has a 0.75-mile loop trail and stabilized pools within a quarter mile of creek access. The Friends of Bear Creek Dog Park, a volunteer group, supports it.