Two popular Lakewood parks will see significant improvements in 2026.

The City of Lakewood has already broken ground on improvements at Wright Park following years of planning, with a scheduled completion date of spring 2026.

Meanwhile, south of Wright Park, Bear Creek Lake Park is set for trail improvements next month, according to the city’s website.

Wright Park — located just south of the 6th Avenue Freeway and west of Union Boulevard — has been slated for updates since 2022 when the city began holding surveys for improvements to the small green park surrounded by newer apartment buildings and businesses.

In 2023, the city finalized its master plan with the help of Stream Landscape Architecture, a Denver-based firm.

The updates include a playground, loop trail, park shelters, dog park, poles for hammocking and new landscaping — with the removal of trees in “poor health,” according to the city.

The park is currently closed off to the public and was expected to be done by the spring due to seeding, but the abnormally warm winter may be speeding up the process.

“The beautiful weather is helping the grass grow at Wright Park,” the city said on Monday. “The open lawn area sod has been installed and the southern portion of the park has been seeded with native seed.”

Around 11 miles south, Bear Creek Lake Park — just north of Highway 285 — will be sectioned off for improvements to the soft-surface trail installed in the park just two years ago.

The Bear Creek Trail initially saw the installation of over 12,000 linear feet of 3-6 foot wide soft surface running parallel to the existing concrete path through the Bear Creek Greenbelt back in 2023.

Now, the city, along with Jefferson County Parks and Open Space, will be shutting down part of the trail to improve paths and concrete, the city said.

The revamp is set to occur between Jan. 6 and 17, depending on the weather. Detour signs will be in place.

“Trail use data shows over 450,000 people use this trail and open space area each year for walking, hiking, biking, fishing and other forms of non-motorized transportation and recreational uses,” the city said about the park during the initial trail construction. “The attraction of a diverse range of user groups has led to increasing conflicts in recent years, which the city has been working to address.”