by Lisa Alonge | Apr 11, 2019 | 2-3 Miles, 4-5 Miles, 6+ Miles, Family, Hikes
Five Great Denver Hikes without a Car The mountains are calling; but you can’t get there. No worries. Great hikes within Denver just wait for you to jump on them and enjoy the mountains from afar. Here are 5 super hikes in Denver you can access via transit with...
by Lisa Alonge | Sep 25, 2018 | 4-5 Miles, 6+ Miles, Family, Hikes, History, Northwest Parks
Hiking Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge One of the most beautiful things about urban hiking in Denver is that we have not one, but TWO, national wildlife refuges to escape to for a beautiful plains-oriented hike. The older Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge is...
by Lisa Alonge | Sep 15, 2018 | 2-3 Miles, 4-5 Miles, Family, Hikes, History
Drive and Walk Lariat Loop Back in the 1920s when the City of Denver was on a buying spree to buy land in the mountains for its residents, it was also building a road to connect the residents to the new Denver Mountain Parks. This twisty, hairpin-turny, ribbon of...
by Lisa Alonge | Aug 14, 2017 | 4-5 Miles, 6+ Miles, Family, Hikes, History, Urban
The 5280 Loop is an urban hiking loop within Denver’s city limits that measures 5.280 miles. It’s also a marketing idea put together by the Downtown Denver Partnership to develop a walking/biking path around the city, to link neighborhoods and to connect...
by Lisa Alonge | Aug 30, 2016 | 4-5 Miles, 6+ Miles, Family, Neighborhoods
Note: This post was updated in 8/2019. When you’re the first group to do the first hike on the First Creek Trail at DEN Open Space, you’ll also be the first to discover its many surprises. And many showed themselves. Opened in 2016, this 192-acre trail...
