Northwest Neighborhoods
The “Northwest” includes all the neighborhoods west of I25 to 6th Ave, and neighborhoods east of I25 to Downing St and/or Colorado Blvd (but not City Park), and all neighborhoods north of I70 to Colorado Blvd. Think Inspiration Point, Sloan’s Lake, Globeville, and downtown.
Check out the posts below to learn more about this area of Denver.
Get Curious in Denver’s Clayton Neighborhood
A Secret Gem in Clayton Honestly, I had no idea where Clayton was. Although I had driven past Clayton College at the corner of MLK and Colorado a gazillion times, I had no idea that tucked up north of MLK, east of Colorado, West of York, and south of 40th Ave was a...
Cozy Up in Denver’s Cole Neighborhood on this Urban Hike
Snuggle Up to Cole Snuggled into a little corner of Denver sits the community-minded neighborhood of Cole. With a mostly rectangular boundary stretching to the north from Martin Luther King Blvd. (32nd Ave.) to 40th Ave and east from Downing St to York St, Cole...
A Changing Chaffee Park Creates an Interesting Denver Urban Hike
A Palette of Opportunity in Chaffee Park Denver's military payroll grew from $3 million in 1939 to $152 million at the World War II's end. No place is more evident of the impact of returning soldiers on Denver's mid-century growth explosion than here in Chaffee Park....
Experiencing Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood on this Urban Hike
We Were Here First *please note that this article was written in 2017, and I have updated it in 2020. Many of the pictures, though, I have kept in the article, as the artwork no longer exists. They've been demolished by the I70 expansion. Please consider this article...
Denver’s Most Interesting Neighborhood–An Urban Hike thru Globeville
A River Runs through It...Globeville In Denver, Globeville is known for many things; and many neighborhoods may not brag about them. But on this walk through this crossroad-ed neighborhood, you'll found nothing but fun, unique, interesting ways to view Globeville as...
Getting Happy in Highland on this Denver Urban Hike
Everyone from Everywhere Everyone wants to be in Highland (notice, no "s".) Residents call it "Highlands", "LoHi", "North Denver"....But no matter what folks call it, the City of Denver calls it Highland--the area of West 38th Avenue to the north, a Union Pacific...
Finding the City’s First Suburban Park on this Urban Hike thru Jefferson Park
Despite Many Attempts to Disappear, Jeff Park Is Still Here Close to the oldest neighborhood on the uplands side of Denver, Jefferson Park has gotten lost in the LoHi, LoDo noise of its nearby neighborhoods in Highland. But the last decade has turned this neighborhood...
A Little High Brow-ing through Regis Neighborhood
High Brow-ing through Regis Neighborhood's Urban Hike Sitting on the hill just north of I70 is Regis, a neighborhood that broke itself off from its southern celery farmers in Berkeley. Bounded by 52nd St to the north, Federal to the east, Harlan to the west and I70 to...
Getting Happy along Sunnyside’s Urban Hike
Sunny on This Side, Sunnyside One of Denver's oldest neighborhoods that grew up around sugar beets, the railroad and the smelting industry, it grew out of its "Little Italy" history into a tight-knit community adjusting to a new identity. Taking an urban hike through...
Liberating Change on this Urban Hike through Berkeley
Liberating Change on this Urban Hike through Berkeley Cesar Chavez sets the tone for this urban hike in Berkeley. Despite the scrapping of old homes, the transition from old to new, and the attempt to keep Berkeley from morphing into the something it's not, the...
Twirl among Carousels on this West Highland Urban Hike
Twirl among Carousels on this West Highland Urban Hike The story of West Highland neighborhood is very similar to that of Highland neighborhood (notice no "s", according to the official list of Denver neighborhoods.) Like its eastern neighbor, West Highland formed out...
An Artsy, Jazzy Urban Hike through Five Points Denver
Five Points Neighborhood. Filled with Pride "Five Points isn't a neighborhood," said our guide, "it's a location manufactured by Denver's Tramway and made up of several neighborhoods who didn't want to be called Five Points." Okay, got it. Thus, if you look at the...
A Lake or a Leak, Sloan’s Urban Hike in Denver
Sloan's Leaky Lake Creates a Neighborhood To the west of downtown Denver, you'll find one of Denver's wettest outposts, Sloan's Lake. Is it a neighborhood or a water body? It's both, but there's lots of story to be told about its name and how the lake came about....
An Urban Hike Through Denver’s Historical Beginnings in Auraria
Auraria Denver Urban Hike Through Denver's Historical Beginnings The Auraria neighborhood overlooks the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek. Many folks know Auraria as the home to three college campuses or as the site of the original Denver. But the one...