Denver Mountain Parks - List of Mountain Parks

List of Mountain Parks

Properties owned by the City & County of Denver as Mountain Parks vary in degree of development and use. Some familiar parks are well known and regularly visited (Red Rocks Park, Echo Lake, for example); others are remote or small parcels that receive less use (Pence Park, Turkey Creek Park). Most parks have picnic areas and restrooms, but in some cases in this list, "developed" may refer only to accessibility, e.g., Bear Creek Canyon and Deer Creek Canyon. A few park names are duplicated in Jefferson County Open Space parks.

Traditional Developed Parks Conservation/wilderness Areas
Developed parklands that are central to the system include well known and more modest examples established to provide mountain recreation to City residents. These parks have been used by Denver residents since the 1910s. Today they are equally used by nearby residents, Denver residents, and visitors to or residents of the entire metropolitan area.
  • Bear Creek Canyon
  • Bell Park
  • Bergen Park
  • Colorow Point Park
  • Corwina Park
  • Cub Creek & Dillon Park
  • Daniels Park
  • Dedisse Park
  • Deer Creek Park
  • Echo Lake Park
  • Fillius Park
  • Genesee Park
  • Katherine Craig Park
  • Little Park
  • Lookout Mountain Park
  • Newton Park
  • O'Fallon Park
  • Pence Park
  • Red Rocks Park (includes Morrison Park)
  • Starbuck Park
  • Summit Lake Park
  • Turkey Creek Park
Considerable acreage in the Denver Mountain Parks is devoted to parcels that "were intended never to be developed." Some (marked with asterisks) are adjacent to Jefferson County Open Space parks and may have trail access as a result of cooperative efforts. Many are surrounded by private property and have no public access. These conservation tracts include:
  • Bear Creek Canyon
  • Bergen Peak*
  • Berrian Mountain
  • Birch Hill
  • Double Header Mountain
  • Elephant Butte
  • Fenders
  • Flying J*
  • Forsberg
  • Hicks Mountain
  • Hobbs Peak
  • Legault Mountain*
  • Mount Falcon*
  • Mount Judge
  • Mount Lindo
  • North Turkey Creek
  • Old Cemetery Ground
  • Parmalee Gulch
  • Pence Mountain
  • Snyder Mountain
  • Stanley Park
  • Strain Gulch
  • West Jefferson School
  • Yegge Peak

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