Explore Your Parks
The Denver Mountain Parks offer a remarkable range of activities and places to enjoy. Whether you want to hike, picnic, ski, golf, or explore some of Colorado’s most famous historic sites, chances are you’ll find what you’re looking for in a Denver Mountain Park. And if you just need to get away, you can find plenty of wide-open spaces and breathing room.
North Gateway Parks
The parks’ founders dreamed of giving city dwellers access to spectacular mountain scenery, but when they initially proposed the mountain parks, mountain travel was difficult. Automobiles were rare, and roads were few and rugged. From the start, the parks’ founders realized they would need new and improved roads. The historic Lariat Trail was the first road linking Denver to her mountain parks. Built in 1913 and flanked bu the monumental stone gateways, the Lariat Trail begins in Golden and provides a stately beginning to the historic drive to Lookout Mountain Park and beyond.
Fillius and Bergen Parks
Located in Evergreen, these parks offer scenic hikes, historic stone structures and excellent picnic spots.
Genesee and Katherine Craig Parks
Genesee Park is home to the most well known of Denver’s bison herds, great hiking, beautiful views and fantastic picnic sites.
Lookout Mountain, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, and Colorow Point Park
Lookout Mountain Park is the first Denver Mountain Park. It hosts the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave.
Bear Creek Gateway Parks
Bell and Cub Creek Parks
These parks define the southern gateway into the town of Evergreen while protecting rolling ponderosa forests, riparian habitat and tributaries of Bear Creek.
Corwina, O'Fallon, and Pence Parks
These parks embody the quintessential characteristics of the Denver Mountain Parks System: backcountry forests, challenging trails, flowing creeks, and shaded picnic sites.
Dedisse Park
Dedisse Park is home not only to Evergreen Lake but also to Colorado’s first mountain golf course.
Little and Starbuck Parks
Together comprising 400 acres, Little and Starbuck Parks offer quiet opportunities for picnics, hiking and seeing historic shelters.
Morrison Park
Morrison Park not only offers an excellent picnic site, but also hosts one of only two remaining intact Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the country.
Red Rocks Park
Beautiful red rock, amazing trails, a great museum...and a world class venue for live music.
South Gateway Parks
Newton and Turkey Creek Parks
Located along Turkey Creek, Newton and Turkey Creek Parks offer quiet and peaceful picnic areas.
Mount Blue Sky Parks
Echo Lake Park
Echo Lake Park, at 10,600 feet above sea level, is a gem in the Denver Mountain Park System and a must see destination.
Summit Lake Park
At 13,000 feet, Summit Lake Park is the highest of the Denver Mountain Parks-and on of the most special.
The Outlier Parks
Daniels Park
Just 24 miles from Downtown Denver, Daniels Park is home to one of Denver's two bison herds.
Winter Park Resort
Winter Park is Colorado’s oldest continually operated ski resort, and since 1940 has provided visitors and residents with winter and summer sports opportunities. It is located at the base of the Continental Divide in the Fraser Valley.