Denver Colorado Mile High City Events Info & Attractions

Denver is the Capital of Colorado. It is the most populous city in Colorado. The population for Denver was a bit under 600,000 people in 2008.

Denver is the only city that has ever turned down an Olympic invitation. However, it has held two Democratic National Conventions.

“Denver has also been known historically as the ‘Queen City of the Plains’ because of its important role in the agricultural industry of the plains regions along the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. Several US Navy ships have been named USS Denver in honor of the city.”(Wikipedia.org)

            “Denver has over 200 parks, from small mini-parks all over the city to the giant 314 acre ‘City Park’. Denver also has 29 recreation centers providing places and programming for resident's recreation and relaxation.

            In addition to the parks within Denver itself, the city acquired land for mountain parks starting in the 1910s. Over the years, Denver has acquired, built and maintained approximately 14,000 acres of mountain parks, including Red Rocks Park, which is known for its scenery and musical history revolving around the unique Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

            Denver also owns the hill on which the Winter Park Resort ski area is operated in Grand County, 67 miles west of Denver. City parks are important places for both Denverites and visitors, inciting controversy with every change. Denver continues to grow its park system with the development of many new parks along the Platte River through the city, and with Central Park and Bluff Lake Nature Center in the Stapleton neighborhood redevelopment. All of these parks are important gathering places for residents and allow what was once a dry plain to be lush, active, and green.

            Since 1974, Denver and the surrounding jurisdictions have rehabilitated the urban South Platte River and its tributaries for recreational use by hikers and cyclists. The main stem of the South Platte River Greenway runs along the South Platte from Chatfield Reservoir 35 miles (56 km) into Adams County in the north. The Greenway project is recognized as one of the best urban reclamation projects in the U.S., winning, for example, the Silver Medal Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence in 2001.”(Wikipedia.org)

Find more information about various Summer and Winter activities by visiting

Denver’s Parks and Recreation on the city’s website: www.Denvergov.org

            Also on the city’s website you can view the “Cultural Calendar of Events” This is Denver’s 365 Year round event calendar.

Denver is both Bicycle friendly and easy to navigate by Car due to its straight forward Street “Grid” system.  Of course, the Mountains to the West offer a nice navigational tool when in doubt.  You can read about the city’s street ‘grid’ system at www.wikipedia.org – scroll down to the ‘city streets’ section.

You can also view the ‘Landmarks of Denver’ and ‘Music in Denver’ Sections for more things to do. www.wikipedia.org