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Parks and Outdoors in Denver

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Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

5136 S. Le Masters Rd., CO, 80439
West Denver Suburbs
303-271-5925
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Anderson Park

W. 44th Ave. & Field St., CO, 80033
North Denver Suburbs
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Arapahoe Park

26000 E Quincy Ave, CO, 80122
Southeast Denver Suburbs
303-690-2400
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Argo Park

401 E. 47th Ave., CO, 80216
North Denver
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Aurora City Park

16th Ave. and Dayton St., CO, 80010
Aurora
303-739-7160
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Aurora Municipal Building

15151 E. Alameda Parkway, CO, 80012
Aurora
303-739-6706
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Aurora Reservoir

5800 S. Powhatan Rd., CO, 80015
Aurora
303-690-1286
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Barnum Park

360 N. Hooker St., CO, 80219
Southwest Denver
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Bear Creek Greenbelt Shelter

2800 S. Estes St., CO, 80227
Southwest Denver Suburbs
303-987-7800
Community Venues
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Bear Creek Lake Park

15600 W. Morrison Rd., CO, 80465
West Denver Suburbs
303-697-6159
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Bluff Lake Nature Center

3400 Havana Way, CO, 80238
East Denver
720-708-4147
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Boulder Central Park

Broadway and Canyon, CO, 80302
Boulder
720-913-1311
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Boulder Reservoir

5100 N. 51st St., CO, 80303
Boulder
303-441-3461
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Brainard Lake Recreation Area

Brainard Lake Rd, CO, 80481
Boulder
303-541-2500
Parks and Outdoors

From Colorado Highway 72 at Ward, turn west onto the Brainard Lake Road. Travel 2.5 miles to the Brainard Gateway Trailhead, and continue another two miles to Brainard Lake.

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Buchanan Park

1520 Evergreen Parkway, CO, 80439
Mountains
720-880-1291
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Buena Vista

24, CO, 81211
Southern Colorado
719-395-6612
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Carpenter Park Fields

11000 Colorado Blvd., CO, 80233
Broomfield
303-255-7800
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Castlewood Canyon State Park

2989 S. Highway 83, CO, 80116
Southeast Denver Suburbs
303-688-5242
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Colorado State Parks pass required on all vehicles.

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Centennial Center Park

13050 E. Peakview Ave., CO, 80111
Southeast Denver Suburbs
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Central Park Band Shell

3198 Broadway St., CO, 80304
Boulder
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Cesar E. Chavez Park

4131 N. Tennyson St., CO, 80212
North Denver
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Chaffee Park

Tejon St. & W. 44th Ave., CO, 80221
North Denver
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