Tag: Roxborough State Park
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2 homes destroyed, 1 damaged in Littleton fire
Two homes were destroyed and another was severely damaged in a fire early Sunday in Littleton, according to West Metro Fire Rescue. Fire officials said they responded to the blaze around 3 a.m. in the 7600 block of Jared Way near Roxborough State Park. Firefighters found three houses fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.…
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Happy Trails: A loop celebrating red rock beauty of park west of Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fountain Valley Trail Southwest of Denver, Roxborough State Park features the same formations that make Garden of the Gods and Red Rocks Amphitheatre world-famous. Roxborough doesn’t have quite the renown. That’s probably due to the limitations here. Roads end before the greatest views. Between the…
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Red rock wonderland southwest of Denver aims to remain ‘tranquil and treasured’
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5 spots for wildflower viewing in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ‘Tis the season when shutterbugs fill their tanks and hit the road, bound for some of the best nature photography Colorado has to offer for a short time only. But a camera isn’t required to enjoy the state’s wildflowers. The images won’t soon leave your…
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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…
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Construction begins on entrance to Roxborough State Park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Construction began Monday to pave the over-one-mile entrance to Roxborough State Park in Douglas County. The $1.2 million project intends to fix unfavorable road conditions that happen in the winter and during inclement weather, sometimes…
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Roxborough State Park holding series of free guided activities in October
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roxborough State Park in Douglas County will hold a series of events throughout October, with a different guided activity almost every day of the month, the park announced Wednesday. The programs, sponsored by Colorado Parks…