Southwest Neighborhoods
Check out the posts below to learn more about this area of Denver.
Viewing Colleges and Irises on Denver’s College View Urban Hike
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That Walking the neighborhood of College View will challenge the categorization of your brain. Just when you think you can categorize College View as a neighborhood with homes from the 1970s, you'll see an old ranch with a few...
Baring a Fun Hike in Denver’s Bear Valley
No Bears on Bear Valley Urban Hiking Adventure Walking through Denver neighborhoods in alphabetical order, you'll learn immediately how the 1965 Denver Flood impacted our city, like the stories in Baker, La Alma/Lincoln and Athmar Park. Need a great pack? Try an...
A Peaceful and Conservative Urban Hike through Fort Logan
Peaceful Suburbia in the Fort Logan Neighborhood After walking all over Denver's more urban neighborhoods, ambling through Denver's most southwestern neighborhood of Fort Logan is a peaceful change to the hustle and bustle of urban Denver. Over hill and dale, you'll...
Finding Fifties Fun on Harvey Park’s Urban Hike in Denver
First, Let's Have Fun in Harvey Park You've got to love a neighborhood that will poke fun at itself. Even though Harvey Park (and its southern neighbor Harvey Park South) could easily take on airs, they don't. Rather, the two communities make a fun, welcoming...
Whoa! What a Find in Westwood and Mar Lee on this Urban Hike
A Pair of Denver Neighborhood Twins Sitting next to each other like twins, the Mar Lee and Westwood neighborhoods in West Denver are two forgotten treasures. They share Federal and Sheridan as their east/west borders, with Westwood to the north starting at Alameda,...
Walking Overland and Across the River in Denver
Walking Overland and Across the River in Denver When two, giant, six-lane roads dissect your neighborhood, sometimes it's hard to find your identity. But with Overland neighborhood, this community has managed to find a way to stay connected in west Denver. Blocked in...
Meandering through Fun Parks, Confusing Names, and Gulches in Rosedale and Platt Park
Sitting in the shadow of Washington Park to its south are two cute neighborhoods with a shared history: the now-defunct Town of South Denver. They also make up a perfect canvas for a 3.5-mile walk through Platt Park and Rosedale. The Case of the Missing "e" Let's...
Grab a Tall, Fresh Glass of Denver Water on this Urban Hike through Marston
Grab a Tall, Fresh Glass of Denver Water on this Urban Hike through Marston If you ever wondered where your Denver glass of tap water comes from, you need to walk in the Marston neighborhood. Way out on the west side, down south, close to Chatfield but not that close,...
An Urban Hunt for Denver’s First Red Rocks on Ruby Hill
An Urban Hunt for Denver's First Red Rocks on Ruby Hill With a gold rush upon Denver, early claimers eagerly mined for whatever they could find. Whether it was gold on Cherry Creek or rubies on Ruby Hill, the early adventurers scrambled to find the first evidence of...
Walking through Denver’s Artsy Food Basket in Sun Valley and Valverde
Walking through Denver's Artsy Food Basket in Sun Valley and Valverde Sun Valley and Valverde sit next to each other on the west side of Denver along the Platte. There's a lot going on in these two neighborhoods. From large commercial cold-pack freezers to large...
An Academic Amble through University Neighborhood
An Academic Amble through University Neighborhood Potatoes. That's what used to cover the land where the current University neighborhood is at Downing and University, I25 and Dartmouth. Dad Rufus H. “Potato” Clark was the great donor of the land, which developed into...
A Circus-themed Urban Hike through Barnum Shows Elephants, Gorillas and Lions
A Circus-themed Urban Hike through Barnum Shows Elephants, Gorillas and Lions "There's a sucker born every minute." Or so said P.T. Barnum, co-founder of Barnum and Bailey's Circus. Walking the Barnum neighborhood brings up the circus owner's reputation for story...
Walking through Denver’s First Jewish Community and Remembering its Chicano History
People often overlook the west side of Denver on their way to the front range. But you shouldn't. It's an area full of interesting history and famous landmarks. If you'd like to go for a fun and interesting walk on the west side, combine the neighborhoods of West...
A Quaint Urban Hike through Athmar Park Denver
A Quaint Urban Hike through Athmar Park Quaint and Quiet Athmar Park Tucked away just south of Alameda and west of I25 sits a quaint neighborhood subtly making its way into the 21st century, Athmar Park. Sign Up For Free Shipping and Exclusive Member Offers at...
Three Denver Neighborhoods to Walk with Great Mid-Century Architecture
Three Denver Neighborhoods to Walk with Great Mid-Century Architecture *note: You can now download an interactive walking guide of this walk at https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/denver-568.html Mid-century residential architecture, with its angular roof lines,...