Tag: Chatfield State Park
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Colorado state parks see continued uptick in visitation
Visitation continues to steadily increase at Colorado’s state parks. In 2024, visits to the 43 parks totaled more than 18.9 million — about a 2% increase from the previous year, when closer to 18.6 million visits were logged. In 2022, visitation was closer to 18.4 million, according to data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Numbers remain…
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Daily pass fees could increase at popular state parks in Denver area
Daily vehicle pass fees could increase at a pair of popular state parks in the Denver area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners recently heard proposals to add $2 to those passes at Chatfield and Golden Gate Canyon state parks. The extra charge would bring the daily vehicle pass to $12 at the two parks. The…
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Free day coming up at Colorado state parks
Colorado’s birthday comes with a gift for nature-loving residents. As per tradition for Colorado Day — the day marking statehood granted in 1876 — state parks will waive admission fees. That will be on Aug. 5, the Monday following Colorado Day on Aug. 1. For those without a Keep Colorado Wild Pass or any other season…
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8 rescued at Chatfield Reservoir
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eight people and two dogs were rescued at Chatfield Reservoir Thursday night after strong winds left them stranded in the water. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, South Metro Fire Rescue was called out to Chatfield Reservoir to rescue four…
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Boating at Chatfield and Cherry Creek Reservoirs to open on Friday
Spring has arrived in Colorado and two more state parks will reopen their waters to boats next Friday. Boating at Chatfield State Park and Cherry Creek State Park will reopen for the season on April 1. The two parks are the “busiest” in the metro area, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Officials said boating…
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Mission complete on 28-mile trail through Denver’s south metro
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents of Denver’s southern suburbs are celebrating the completion of a long-awaited trail connecting their neighborhoods. More than 20 years in the making, the East/West Regional Trail has been completed. Douglas County officials recently hosted a celebration near the Rueter-Hess Incline, a portal for the…
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Cherry Creek State Park’s swimming area temporarily closed; Chatfield’s reopens
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cherry Creek State Park’s designated swimming area is temporarily closed after a higher than allowable presence of E. coli bacteria was reported, officials announced Wednesday. The presence of the bacteria occurred during a routine water quality test required by the Colorado Board of Health and…
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Chatfield State Park swim beach closed because of E. coli
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The swim beach at Chatfield State Park in Jefferson and Douglas counties was shut down Tuesday morning after a test discovered elevated levels of E. coli bacteria in the water. The closure was announced by Colorado Parks and Wildlife just before 11 a.m. Agency officials…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
FRANKTOWN — Inside Castlewood Canyon State Park, where worldly troubles seem to float away with the creek and with the clouds out to snowcapped peaks beyond, a certain reality occurred to Trevor Girten. “Prices are only going up it seems,” he said Friday on his first hike of the new year. That was the case…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
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Data confirms what the eye suggested at Colorado’s state parks in 2020: unprecedented visitation. Numbers were not yet final by the end of December, with counts still being logged from that month and some of November. But the 18.3 million visitors reported so far were up from the 14.8 million total in 2019 — a…