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    The Denver Mountain Parks system contains more than 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) of parklands in the mountains and foothills of Jefferson, Clear Creek, Douglas...
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    mountain parks starting in the 1911s. Over the years, Denver has acquired, built and maintained approximately 14,000 acres (57 km2) of mountain parks...
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    Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, owned and maintained by the city of Denver as part of the Denver Mountain Parks system....
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    City Park is an urban park and neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The park is 330 acres (1.3 km2) and is located in east-central Denver. The park contains...
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    Genesee Park is a park in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the largest park in the Denver Mountain Parks system, with a total of 2,413 acres (9.77 km2)...
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    Lookout Mountain Park is a Denver Mountain Park located around 12 miles (20 km) west of downtown Denver overlooking Golden, Colorado. It consists of 65...
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    Promises"; "Annie's Song"; "Rocky Mountain High"; "Calypso"; "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"; and "Sunshine on My Shoulders". Denver appeared in several films and...
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    trail, can be found adjacent to the lake. The park is part of the Denver Mountain Parks system. Echo Lake Park was listed on the National Register of Historic...
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    Daniels Park is a former working ranch in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The park is one of the Denver Mountain Parks and was listed on the...
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  • opening of the first two Denver Mountain Parks, Genesee Park and Lookout Mountain Park. Though officially the land in Genesee Park is purchased the next...
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    Mount Blue Sky (category Mountains of Colorado)
    excluded from the wilderness. Summit Lake Park and Echo Lake Park are part of the historic Denver Mountain Parks system.[citation needed] At least 48 different...
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    Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado...
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    Instead, as many squirrels as could be caught were sent to the Denver Mountain Parks. The zoo was a motley menagerie until 1906, when Mayor Robert W...
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    The Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad (later called the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway) was a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad...
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    southeastern prairie and Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Park counties in the Rocky Mountains. The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises...
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    County, Colorado Denver Mountain Parks Minor, Nathaniel (April 17, 2023). "Why isn't there public transportation to Denver's mountain parks?". Colorado Public...
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    drive from Denver. The mountain opened for the 1939–40 season as Winter Park Ski Area and was owned and operated by the city and county of Denver until 2002...
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  • gold rush, Denver has been Colorado’s gateway and major metropolis. With its location at the intersection of the plains and the mountains, its people...
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    Griswold, P.R. "Bob." (1995). David Moffat's Denver, Northwestern and Pacific. Denver, Colorado: Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. ISBN 978-0962070723. Griswold...
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    Evergreen, Colorado (category Denver metropolitan area)
    Denver Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space park systems. The Denver Mountain Parks in the area are Bergen Park, Corwina Park, Dedisse Park...
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    Retrieved September 22, 2006. The City and County of Denver. "Denver Mountain Parks - Summit Lake Park". Retrieved October 30, 2011. Summit Lake on The National...
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    Park Hill is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, U.S. Located in the northeastern quadrant of the city, it is bordered by Colorado Boulevard on the west...
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    serviced by a trolley line built by the Denver Tramway, making it a trolley park; however, unlike most trolley parks, Lakeside was independently owned, and...
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  • Disappearance of Alfred Beilhartz (category Rocky Mountain National Park)
    Estes Park Devils Nest Denver Alfred Edwin Beilhartz was a young boy who vanished in 1938 at Rocky Mountain National Park. Alfred was on vacation with...
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    (0.67 km2), making it one of the largest parks in Denver. The neighborhood generally referred to as "Wash Park" is often broken down into eastern and western...
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    The Denver Civic Center is a civic center area that includes two parks surrounded by government and cultural buildings and spaces. Civic Center is located...
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    a log cabin on his land and named his property. Denver Mountain Parks Hometownlocator.com: Bergen Park, with map "National Register Information System"...
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    Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles...
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    South Park is a grassland flat within the basin formed by the Rocky Mountains' Mosquito and Park Mountain Ranges within central Colorado. This high valley...
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    Lookout Mountain Park, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west-southwest (bearing 245°) of downtown Golden in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Downtown Denver, 12...
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