What the subdivision actually has.

Trails and open space

The greenbelts are the amenity people actually use every day.

The district welcome page says six miles of recreation trails, plus older trails that cross private land or conservation trusts. The homepage’s open-space blurb says roughly five miles, used for biking, walking, and running. Treat “about five to six miles” as the honest range until the district publishes one number.

A 1981 election added open space, trails, and recreation to what the 1979 district was allowed to do. The district maintains that ground. It is not a city park with staffed hours.

June 2024 board minutes describe fire mitigation in the open space, including dead oak west of the entrance along Highway 160, and mosquito treatment at the ponds. Trail trees get looked at when residents report a leaner.

District welcome page and open-space note

Basketball court

A neighborhood court, not a rec center.

The district’s own welcome lists a basketball court. It sits on Pine Ridge Loop with the tennis and pickleball court, outdoor and the kind you walk to. The playground is not there. It is off Fir Drive.

There isn’t a published schedule, lights policy, or reservation system on the district site. If a net is down or the surface is a problem, that’s a board or manager item, not an HOA work order.

District welcome page

Playground

The family side of a neighborhood that also suits retirees.

DW2 describes itself as both child-friendly and comfortable for retirees. The playground is off Fir Drive. Picnic tables in a pavilion sit next to the play area.

Road work notes from 2024 mention patching potholes by the playground, which is a useful way to picture where it sits: on the internal street network, not off the highway.

District welcome page

Tennis and pickleball

One court, dual use. Not two facilities.

The tennis court is also the pickleball court. Same surface on Pine Ridge Loop, dual use, not a separate pickleball court beside it. The basketball court is on that same loop. The playground is off Fir Drive, not next to these courts.

The district’s welcome page still doesn’t name it. It lists the playground, the basketball court, and the trails. Neighbors know the tennis court is there, and that pickleball uses that same court. This guide doesn’t invent a reservation rule or a lighting policy the district hasn’t published.

Resident correction, September 2026. Absent from the district welcome

Trees, greenbelts, cul-de-sacs

Eight dead-end streets and a lot of ponderosa.

Most internal streets are named for trees: Aspen, Cedar, Spruce, Oak, Pine, and Fir. The welcome page counts eight cul-de-sacs and calls out trees along the streets and in the greenbelt.

The subdivision sits in the ponderosa, aspen, and Gambel oak at the foot of the La Platas, about seven miles — a ten-minute drive — west of downtown Durango, on the north side of U.S. 160. Durango West 1 is the separate district across and a bit farther down the highway. Don’t mix up the two boards or the two bills.

District welcome page

Mail building

Cluster boxes, the drop box for checks, and where the board meets.

The Mail Building at the front entrance is the civic address of the neighborhood. Board meetings are held there. The payment drop box is under the window. It is not a free-pile, a package lounge, or a place to leave a couch.

The district is explicit that it does not manage residential mailboxes or keys. Cluster-box problems that are actually postal go to the post office, not the board.

February 2026 e-news and payment page