Riverside Cemetery

This isn't a Denver park, but Riverside Cemetery is designated as a natural historic district because of it being the first cemetery in Denver. You can check out their website here. It has an interesting history. The guy who we met told me that they used to bring deceased people in horse and wagon and that the bodies that were moved from Cheesman and Congress park were moved here to Riverside. There are grave sites here without markings. Madison has been really interested in seeing a cemetery and I wanted to show her the realities of what going to a cemetery were like. We saw a lot of graves of very young people and an orphanage had a section where they buried children who died in its care.

You're not allowed to take pictures of the stones out of respect for people's privacy, but I did want to take a couple of pictures to show the scenery. The cemetery used to be the only thing out there, now it's crowded out by industry.

Cheesman Park (again)

We went to Cheesman's Park for Madison's 14th birthday party. We spent a couple of hours there. Her friends video taped themselves eating marshmallows, playing strange variations of sports, and then chatting under a tree. We played frisbee and catch. People treat Cheesman like it's a beach and wear bikinis. It's usually crowded and people are playing all sorts of games. A lot of dogs here too, so watch where you walk!

Cherry Creek Reservoir

I got a Cherry Creek Reservoir pass. I wanted to be able to explore the park without paying 9$ every time I wanted to go in. They have a swim beach, trails, and boating, among lots of other things which I have yet to explore. One thing I have noticed about the park is how flat it is. There's not really a place for you to hike around, more walking, running, biking. The swim beach is great and we've explored a couple of trails so far. Since we have a year pass I want to go so often that we know where everything is and the best places to go. We've already seen a coyote, prairie dogs, cranes, hawks, and other birds we can't name. We tried to go swimming but the water felt like it had ice cubes in it, but we'll definitely be coming back for that. Go at least once!

Pinehurst Park

This was another park we went to because we were near Littleton, it's southwest of the Denver area. It's a great neighborhood park. You can walk around it, it has a couple of soccer fields, picnic table, and playground. We had a lot of fun here because Cainen was practicing going down the slide on his skateboard and we got the most hilarious picture ever!

Bow Mar Heights Park

Bow Mar Heights Park is a fairly big park, in a nice area, easy parking, and spacious. We went to it when we were near Littleton, so it's a ways out there for us, southwest of Denver. I remember thinking that it was a really pretty park, and would especially be nice in the Spring and Summer months, but I don't remember feeling like I had to come back again. It's a great park if you live in the neighborhood.

Ruby Hill Park

I really like Ruby Hill Park. It's definitely as hilly as it's name implies. There's lots of things to do there- playground, trails, picnics, flying kites, model airplanes, and they have a community center. You can also challenge yourself to run up and down those hills. The view is nice too from atop the hills. It's also connected to the Sanderson Gulch Trail so you can go walking around. It's a little far for me to go here too often, but I definitely would if it were a little bit more convenient. Check it out and spend a day there.

Godsman Park

We got to the Godsman Park by walking up the Sanderson Gulch Trail from Ruby Hill Park. It's a nice walk and the trail continues past it, but the kids were tired. You walk along the gulch water and a somewhat busy street. Godsman is right next to an elementary school and what looks like a quiet neighborhood. It's peaceful, but there's not much to it, as you can see from the pics. Since this is along a trail and near larger parks, we might pass by here again, but I don't think we'd stop here to do anything. There's not much to actually do here except picnic. Maybe it's more for the kids to hang out there after school, or more of a neighborhood park. Its nice enough though.

This is it!

Asbury & Tejon Park

This park says it's "Unnamed" on the Denver Parks and Rec site, so maybe they just named it after the streets it's on. This is a terrible little park. I guess it would be an okay neighborhood park, but even if I lived here, there's not much I like about it. It does have a playground. Across the street there's a little walking lap trail. I guess it's not the worst and it's nice they have a park here. But, eh. None of us liked it here and we'd never go back. And as you can see by the one picture, the little stream was totally filthy, filled with trash, and smelled bad.

Creekside & Infinity Parks

Creekside Park is not a Denver park, but actually in Glendale. It's right off Colorado Blvd so it still feels like Denver. But we went anyway. It's a cute park. If you're shopping at that Target off Colorado Blvd and you want to visit a park nearby, go here. It's near the Cherry Creek Trail so if you're walking or biking here, there's a bridge that's nice to see.

Infinity Park is also a part f Glendale. It looks like it's a part of the Arapaho Open Space. There was a sign! Sometimes the lines of these parks, like the lines of Denver and the outlying cities, blur together and you don't know where you're at exactly. It's a nice couple of parks.

James A. Bible Park (again)

We've already been to Bible Park, but we went there again and saw hawks! Madison was really excited. We only walked around a little bit, in a different part of the park. I also realized recently that Highline Canal Trail and Goldsmith Gulch Trail run through Bible Park. We drive by here a lot and keep trying to see the hawks again. We're not sure what kind. Someone argued with us that they were owls, but we don't think so! And we think we saw both a male and female.

Henry S. Lindsley Park

This is a cute park! It's off Colorado, on 12th Ave. I don't like the location all that much, or the street parking. The surrounding area isn't much to look at. The hospital is there, apartment buildings. If I lived nearby it would definitely be worth going to regularly, but it's not a park I'd drive out of my way to go.

Some of the cool features of this park are the work out equipment. They have the standard playground equipment, sports areas, a short trail. But they have a place to workout some and also a hill with a secluded spot among the trees which is nice. When we there a guy was standing around playing his guitar. I love it when people make their parks their own like that.