Exploring Denver Mountain Parks A Guide To 22 Historic Getaways

Since 1912 the city of Denver has owned parks in the mountains west of the city limits. Today there are 22 developed parks and 24 conservation parks comprising 14,141 acres in the Denver Mountain Parks system, from Genesee to Red Rocks to Echo Lake. This guide helps visitors find the parks, provides historic features of each park, and includes location maps and lists of activities for each park.

This easy-to-use, informative, and fun guidebook covers the range of what Denver has to offer, from tiny pocket parks to expansive open space, classic park facilities to conservation zones. It even explores destination parks in the foothills just beyond the city. Each park’s listing includes: Icons for key features: accessibility, kid-friendly, dog-friendly, views, historic significance, public art, gardens, unpaved trails, paved trails, lakefront, riverfront, spray park/wading pool, horseback riding and--because it’s Denver--winter sports. Notes for other major amenities, such as restrooms, shelters, playgrounds, and more Public transportation, driving, and parking directions Details on each park’s history and size History and descriptive highlights such as sledding hills, water features, mountain biking paths, and more Ways to extend your park visit with easy add-on walks or bike rides to other nearby parks or attractions Discovering Denver Parks will keep families, walkers, dog-lovers, and kids of all ages busy with year-round exploration and fun!

This book features new John Fielder photographs, as well as then and now images made by Fielder from old postcards and other historical photographs. The photographs decorate a complete written history and guide to the park system. An authoritative history of the mountain parks from their beginnings to the present day, plus a guide to visiting the parks. 50 new John Fielder photographs, 75 historic images, and 25 then-and-now photo pairs of Red Rocks, Lookout Mountain, Genesee, Daniels Park and more.

This must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the only single reference source for information about state symbols features over 300 information updates plus three new chapters, updated license plate illustrations, and a newly formatted design for ease of use. Libraries that hold earlier editions of this work need this edition to keep their information on the states and territories current. With the addition of new chapters on state and territory universities, state and territory governors throughout U.S. history, state professional sports teams, and a complete revision of the chapter on state and territory fairs and festivals, the work now totals 17 chapters of essential information that is a treasure trove for students. This completed redesigned reference work features chapters on state and territory names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitals, flowers, trees, birds, songs, legal holidays and observances, license plates, postage stamps, miscellaneous designations, fairs and festivals, universities, governors, professional sports teams, and a bibliography of state and territory histories. The work features full-color illustrations of every state and territory seal, flag, flower, tree, bird, commemorative postage stamp, and license plate (updated for this edition).

Are you ready to experience Colorado’s best outdoors destinations for families? What are you waiting for? There’s so much more to the Colorado outdoors scene than skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. Between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, from the sprawling, golden plains to Summit County’s snow-capped peaks, this unique guidebook introduces families to an exciting range of outdoorsy adventures. Travel journalists and local parenting experts Jamie Siebrase and Deborah Mock will guide you and your children through 71 incredible, in-state adventures. Get ready to discover nature centers, farms, outdoor history museums, art walks, hidden SUP spots, open-air theaters, story walks, and so much more. The destinations laid out in this book are pure fun —but don’t be surprised if you and your kids learn a few educational tidbits along the way. The book’s 71 chapters are short and punchy with great writing and beautiful B&W photographs. Each section includes a short section with action-item information on each site. This is an informative guide to discovering a variety of outdoor adventures that are a perfect fit for family weekends and getaways.

Revised for the third edition, this guide features hotels, restaurants, sights and towns. The book shows the most popular Rocky Mountain state in-depth, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Aspen, Vail and Steamboat Springs. ancient rock formations and petroglyphs, and old mining towns that helped build the Old West. The book offers lots of detail on winter sports and summer activitiesm, and includes best places to stay, great driving tours, info on Colorado's three gambling towns, and much more.