Top Denver Parks & Recreation Venues

Denver Co is a great spot to spend your vacations with your entire family. The region offers countless attractions for tourists. Denver Parks and recreation venues should be a vital part of your travel in Denver Co itinerary.

1) Top Denver Parks

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The City Park is the largest urban park in Denver. The 330 acres park houses the Denver Zoo, Ferril and Duck lakes, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and a boathouse. The City Park golf course is located to the northside of the Park.

The Washington Park that provides fabulous views of the Rocky Mountains stands in Downtown Denver and is a public-urban-park. It has a trails, tennis courts, lawn croquet field, a recreation center with indoor pool and athletic facilities and two play grounds.

The Cheeseman Park is an urbane park sited in central Denver. It houses the 23 acre Denver Botanical Gardens.

Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Colorado's Jefferson County. The park's highlight is its very massive red sandstone-boulders. It contains the natural acoustics providing Red Rocks Amphitheater used as venue for concerts/events.

You can also go skiing in the ski area of the Winter Park Resort area in the Grand County.

2) Top Recreation Venues in Denver

Elitch Gardens

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Denver has a huge collection of recreation centers that are meant for the amusement of the whole family.

The Elitch Gardens is an amusement park that features thriller and mild rides for the whole family. It also has an adjoining section to it namely the Island Kingdom Water Theme Park to which admission is free.

Another exciting Denver recreation venue is the Lakeside Amusement Recreation Park that has exciting rides.

The Downtown aquarium is located in the heart of Denver and has amazing fish and marine exhibits whereas the aquarium restaurant is surrounded by a 150,000 gallon reef tank.