DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS
MULTIPLE PROPERTY SUBMISSION

Constructed between 1912 and 1941, the Denver Mountain Parks are a rural park and parkway system consisting of 47 foothill and mountain parks interconnected by scenic drives. The City of Denver owns approximately 13,500 acres of mountain land located in the counties of: Clear Creek, Douglas, Grand and Jefferson.

The mountain park system was planned and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., nationally recognized landscape architect; Saco Rienk DeBoer, Denver landscape architect; and Jules Jacques Benois Benedict and Burnham Hoyt, prominent Denver architects. The unique linkage of mountain parks and scenic drives preserved scenic and recreational mountain resources within easy reach of Denver residents, expanded the normal vision of urban parks and parkways, and set the stage for regional open space planning in Colorado. The development of the system reflects three national movements of the 20th century: the City Beautiful Movement, the National and State Park Movement, and the Civilian Conservation Corps Movement. (Accepted by National Register in 1990)
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CLEAR CREEK COUNTY

Idaho Springs

ECHO LAKE PARK
Colo. Hwy 103 & Colo. Hwy 5, Idaho Springs vicinity
National Register 2/24/1995, 5CC.646

SUMMIT LAKE PARK
Mt. Evans Rd., Idaho Springs vicinity
National Register 2/24/1995, 5CC.645

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Sedalia

DANIELS PARK
County Rd. 67, northeast of Sedalia
National Register 6/30/1995, 5DA.1009

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Evergreen

BERGEN PARK
Colo. Hwy. 74, Evergreen vicinity
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.290

CORWINA / PENCE / O’FALLON PARKS
Southeast of the junction of Kittredge and Myers Gulch Rds.
National Register 12/28/1990, 5JF.643

DEDISSE PARK
29614 Upper Bear Creek Rd.
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.645

FILLIUS PARK
Colo. Hwy. 74, Evergreen vicinity
National Register 2/24/1995, 5JF.976

Golden

COLOROW POINT PARK
900 Colorow Rd., Lookout Mountain
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.644

GENESEE PARK
26771 Genesee Ln.
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.590

LARIAT TRAIL SCENIC MOUNTAIN DRIVE
Lookout Mountain Rd.
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.446

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PARK
987½ Lookout Mountain Rd.
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.648

Idledale

LITTLE PARK
Colo. Hwy. 74, Idledale vicinity
National Register 2/24/1995, 5JF.977

STARBUCK PARK
Colo. Hwy. 74, Idledale vicinity
National Register 6/30/1995, 5JF.978

Morrison

BEAR CREEK CANYON SCENIC MOUNTAIN DRIVE
Colo. Hwy. 74
National Register 11/15/1990, 5JF.642

CRAIG, KATHERINE, PARK
US Hwy. 40/I-70, northwest of Morrison
National Register 6/30/1995, 5JF.979

RED ROCKS PARK / MT. MORRISON CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS CAMP
16351 County Rd. 93
National Register 5/18/1990, 5JF.442