Wherever you go, in case you are a first time visitor or a returning traveler, you must know about the places, else you may find yourself lost during your tour to any place. These days it has become easier to keep a track of places as Metro Map tells everything. If you want to travel in Colorado, be sure to take a closer look at the Denver Metro Area Map.

There are many places of interests in Colorado from Rocky Mountains to the Canyons. Denver city itself has a lot to offer its tourists by housing some of the finest sports areas and museums including Denver Museum of Natural History and the Denver Art Museum.

Besides, the Denver Public Library, Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, the Colorado History Museum, Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Coors Baseball Field, Pepsi Athletic Center, and Ocean Journey Aquarium are a few worth visiting places. If you want to shop, do visit an outdoor mall called the 16th street mall.

If you are a nature lover, then Colorado has 11 National Forests, two national grasslands, 41 national wilderness areas, and two national conservation areas. While in Colorado, get prepared to participate in a multitude of outdoor adventures and activities. One can participate in hiking, camping and fishing, the games that are usually associated with the summers and winter sports like skiing.

Whatever, you pick, use Metro as the medium of commuting as it will give you easy accessibility of the Denver Area Map and you will be able to locate the destinations in no time.

Denver Co is not limited to symbols of heritage, museums and architectural beauty. The city's downtown area offers a tourist opportunity for shopping sprees, dining at wonderful restaurants and experiencing a vibrant night life. A downtown Denver map will help you find your way to the must visit shops and attractions of Denver's splendid downtown region.

1) Where to get Downtown Denver maps

Recreation.gov

http://www.recreation.gov/

Mymapsplus.com

http://www.mymapsplus.com/mm_view.aspx?map=denverloftmap

Mapresources.com

http://www.mapresources.com/preview.asp?image=DEN-XX-984802

There are several Denver travel information websites that offer you detailed maps of the downtown area of Denver. You can take a printout of these maps and carry them along with you during your Denver journey.

The Colorado website provides you with a street map of Denver's downtown area.

The Recreation.gov website also offers a very detailed downtown Denver map that highlights campgrounds, tour parks and recreation areas for your convenience.

You can buy a Denver, Co downtown map and download it from Map resources. They offer maps in Adobe Illustrator file format, Encapsulated Postscript format and JPEG format. They offer you 15-25% discount on map prices when you buy 3-5 maps. Zoom feature is available for maps.

These maps can prove to be handy and valuable guides during your exploration of the crowded downtown areas and can save you from getting lost in the confusing maze of streets.

2) What should you search in these maps?

Larimer square is an urbane shopping area that you just can't afford to miss in the downtown region. Fashionable clothes, accessories and jewelry are what you will find here. Your next map search should be for the 16th street mall and Cherry Creek mall that present a profusion of entertainment options like restaurants, shops and art houses. Buy gifts at Highlands square and antiques at Antique Row. Don't miss the Broadway shopping district, restaurants and night clubs of Lodo.

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is among the largest in the US with over 46,000 collections. The building housing it has multiple floors and is 28-sided and 2-towerred. It's located on the Civic Centre Cultural Complex on 13th Avenue between Bannock and Broadway as shown on the Denver travel guides.

http://www.denverartmuseum.org/visit_us/plan_your_visit/location_and_hours/

How can one access the Denver Art Museum?

1. From the North, move South on I-25 up to the Speer boulevard South exit then continue past the Colfax Avenue. Turn left to join the 14th Avenue. To get a parking space in the museum's garage, continue for one block then turn right to the Broadway and right again to the 12th Avenue.

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2. From the South, move North on I-25 to the Speer Boulevard exit and continue to Lincoln Street then turn left to the 12th Avenue. The parking garage is past the Broadway.

3. From the East, move South on I-25 to the Speer Boulevard South exit past Colfax Avenue then take the same direction as a person from North.

4. From the West as indicated on Denver travel guides, proceed East on I-70 to the 6th Avenue exit. Turn left to Lincoln Street and proceed as if coming from south.

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