Video Tour of the Denver Mountain Parks
Our most excellent friend Tommy Matthews created this amazing video tour of a few of the Denver Mountain Parks. You can read his full blog post on the Olmsted 200 website Here.
Parks
A New Mountain Park?
Thanks to the amazing generosity of the Axton Family, Denver hopes to add on to the Mountain Park System. The Axton Family Ranch, to be known as the Axton Ranch Mountain Park, is a 450 acre parcel located in Gilpin County. The new park will likely start as a...
Denver Mountain Parks Staff Notes: Spring 2019
Denver Mountain Parks staff provided a lists of updates and notes about major projects and activities going on in the parks this year.
Initiative 300 Letter of Concern
Today, Denver Mountain Parks Foundation, along with three of our closest partners (The Park People, the Greenway Foundation, and the Civic Center Conservancy), released this letter of concern regarding Initiative 300.
Shelter Reconstruction Underway
Several neglected historic shelters in the DMP system are getting upgrades, thanks to DMPF's capital campaign, and more projects are planned. We're happy to see these projects moving forward, thanks to all our donors! In conjunction with the construction of CDOT's...
Red Rocks Park and CCC Camp New Landmark
As of August 4, 2015, Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp have been designated as Colorado's newest National Historic Landmark (NHL)! This long process officially began in about 2004 at the suggestion of the Friends of Red Rocks, a...
Red Rocks Park on its way to National Landmark Status
Since 2006, the Intermountain Regional Office of the National Park Service has been working with Denver staff and other parties to nominate Red Rocks Park and amphitheatre, including the Mount Morrison CCC Camp and associated resources, as a National Historic...
Guess our header images
Here's a little quiz to help sharpen your park know-how. Can you identify the parks shown in our header images? We have five rotating headers. John Fielder taking a photo of the view from _______ Park. Most of the land for this park (our second largest) was acquired...
Best of Denver 2013
Not only has Westword magazine named Summit Lake Park the Best Denver Mountain Park in this year's poll, but we received an extra award! The entire Denver Mountain Park system has been designated Best Outdoorsy Gift from the Past, in recognition of its 100 year...