Best Family Bike Trail
High Line Canal
Biking on the narrow, crowded streets and disappearing bike lanes of Denver is tough enough, but to do it as a family is downright scary. Luckily, families can find the perfect place to hook up bike trailers and enjoy the outdoors along the 71-mile High Line Canal trail. The winding trail cuts through Aurora, Cherry Hills Village, Centennial and Denver, with access in the middle of neighborhoods and even some backyards. For those who live farther from the High Line, larger trails like the South Platte and Cherry Creek connect to it. Playgrounds and parks dot the entire trail, so stopping to let the kids play or refresh with a snack is possible every few miles. A journey on the trail can be educational, too, as it’s marked with signs describing the canal’s nearly 150-year-old history and the ecosystem living in it, which includes toads, salamanders, birds and dozens of types of trees and flora.