Having a Picnic
Forget all of the exercises, forget the sweating and just go to your nearest park for some relaxation in the open air. Bring some food along with you in a cooler. Share the experience with your partner, your friends or your family. I can’t stress how awesome the experience of dining on a picnic table in a beautiful park with family and friends can. There are many stories I could share. Some haven’t been all-together warm and fuzzy. Most of have been just fabulous.
Instead of having a typical lunch in a noisy, crowded and stuffy restaurant, you breathe relatively clean air – depending on the area you’re having this picnic. You get to hear birds singing, wind rustling through the trees, and people on the far side of the park shouting, “Throw it here!” while tossing a ball around. Of the few things that could ruin your picnic, bugs will be drawn to your food and they may irritate the holy hell out of you, but it is the outdoors. Bring some bug spray.
For those in Denver this summer, you can do have picnics at Sloans Lake too. There really isn’t a lot you can do there; except, maybe drink the water. It’s got the vast lake as your view, people water skiing, people jet skiing, people jogging. Of course, there is a lot of neighborhood families that come to Sloans Lake to do the same things I’ve talked about. You might consider a less popular but equally great place to have a picnic. Try the Alderfer/ Three Sisters Park in Golden. You obtain to see spectacular views of the Bear Creek Basin on the Three Sisters and The Brother rock formation. For some sight-seeing or jogging, try the trail that leads you around the The Three Sisters and up to The Brother, and connects you to the Evergreen Recreation District property. You get in some beautiful sights while enjoying the most peaceful place to picnic within the Denver Metro Area.
Throwing a Barbeque
Whether it be the 4th of July or fair another Saturday, you can never can go wrong with a throwing a barbeque with family and friends. I’m sure there are still parks with BBQs. That can be fun; barbequing and picnicing at the same time. But you don’t get the feeling of a homecooked meal in a public status. Having friends over at your house, barbequing in the backyard is an American tradition. Kids can run around the yard with squirt guns. The sounds of childrens’ laughter makes the experience feel just a little more homely. All of the adults can sit around, drinking beers while waiting for their meal to be cooked. Then of course, you can serve some appetizers for anyone to snack on.
Buy steak or chicken, buy some vegetables, buy some small cuts of meat and have a ball. I like the taste of shishcobbob. All of those different kinds of food on a stick can’t be beat. Having a grizzle-laden steak or chicken breast with corn, peas, carrots or grilled squash on the side is a wonderful treat for any BBQ.
Note: If the city park doesn’t allow you to barbeque there, BBQ at home and bring it with you in a picnic basket.
46th & Pecos Park – This park has a baseball field and two football fields.
Mountain Parks in Colorado
Daniels Park – Located 21 miles south of Denver is mostly a Bison preserve. People can see animals in a high-plains habitat. They can also get some of the best views of the Rocky Mountains from the picnic area. In order to reach the park, you can drive south on I-25 to exit 188 or Castle Pines Parkway and travel west to Daniel’s Park Road.
Newton Park – Located 32 miles southwest of Denver, this park offers three picnic sites seperated by the surrounding hills. Included at these sites are 35 tables, a large grill, counter serving residence, electricity, a ball field, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits and a firepit with benches. There’s outhouses, but no toilet paper. To get to Newton Park, take Colorado Highway 285 to Foxton Road. The first picnic site you come to is what they call the “Juvenile group” picnic site, second is the “Commissioner” set and then, the “Stromberg” residence.
Deer Creek Park – Located 20 miles south of Denver on County Road 124, this park is 90 acres of undeveloped open plot inside of Deer Creek Canyon. This is a wildlife preserve. A truly beautiful place that we all should treasure.
Dedisse Park – Located 27 miles west of Denver on Colorado State Highway 74, this beautiful park and adjoining reservoir offers a charcoal grill, picnic areas, a shelter house an 18-hole golf course and clubhouse with restaurant, volleyball, and fishing.For more info, call (303) 512-9300.
Cub Creek Park – Located 29 miles west of Denver on Little Cub Creek Road, this “park” is really just some beautiful wide open area.
Dillon Park – Located 30 miles west of Denver, this sweet puny dwelling of land is an region of Cub Creek Park. The park offers a hiking trail, charcoal grill and picnic areas.
Corwina Park – Located 22 miles west of Denver on Colorado Highway 74 and situated in Contain Creek Canyon, this beautiful little park is another wildlife preserve. But this park offers a hiking trail, fishing, charcoal grills, picnic areas and a shelter house. Maybe you’ll see some protected wildlife.
Colorow Point Park – Located 19 miles west of Denver and one mile west of Lookout Mountain Road on Colorow Road, this is just another beautiful wildlife preserve. It overlooks Clear Creek Canyon from Lookout Mountain, and believe me, it’s worth a gander.
Bear Creek Canyon – Located between Morrison and Idledale along Bear Creek and Colorado Highway 74. It’s a wildlife withhold, it’s a beautiful area, it’s definitely a place you should check out in your travels. It’s got fishing access.
Bergen Park – Located 27 miles west of Denver on Colorado State Highway 74, between I-70 and Evergreen, this lovely park has charcoal grills, picnic shelter and tables, and a restroom. It also features a horseshoe pit, and a sand volleyball court.
Bell Park – Located in the Cub Creek spot, this park offers undeveloped open space traversed by Little Cub Creek. You get to see a beautiful forest of pine. It’s really just a nice place to visit. Bell Park is another wildlife preserve.
Echo Lake Park – Located 47 miles west of Denver, this cool 617-acre park has a shelter house with picnic facilities. Be clear to take a camera, you won’t regret it.
Fillius Park – Located 25 miles west of Denver on State Highway 74, this quaint park offers charcoal grills, a picnic site, shelter house, volleyball court and horseshoes. It’s also a wildlife preserve.
Genesee Park – Located 20 miles west of Denver on I-70, this great park is a wildlife preserve where Bison and Elk herds can be seen. The park offers 3 trailhead hiking trails: the Beaver Brook Dawdle, the Braille Trail, and the Chavez Trail. You can also fetch picnic areas, and charcoal grills. Visitors can play softball and volleyball or even horseshoe.
Parks in Denver
51st & Zuni Park – This is a park with some gorgeous trees, and a great view. It has a picnic area, a playground, two softball fields and a football field. Pretty sweet huh?
Alamo Placita Park – Located at Emerson Street & East 3rd Avenue, this park has some beautiful trees and flowers. Great sights and sounds all around. It also has a playground and a basketball court.
Argo Park – Located at Logan and East 47th Avenue, this park is nice. I mean, great. It has a cute playground. But the trusty sale of this park is its lighted baseball and softball fields, its nice football field and outdoor pool and tennis court.
Ash Grove Park – Located at South Holly and East Mexico, this park is perfect for picnicing, playing soccer, and playing basketball. It’s just nice, quaint. You shouldn’t have any trouble having fun while relaxing.
Aspgren Park – Located at South Navajo and West Exposition Avenue, this is a very quaint but equally beautiful park. It features one softball field and nice, little playground. Let me grunt you, it looks handsome in the fall.
Athmar Park – Located at W. Mexico Ave. and S. Clay St., this is a quaint, little park that features a softball field behind the rec. center.
Aztlan Park – Located at Navajo St. and W. 44th, this is colossal for playing basketball and softball, swimming in the outdoor pool, and having some fun in the rec. center.
Babi-Yar Park – Located at Havana St. and Parker Road, this park has an Amphitheater, a path system in the shape of the Star of David that takes you around the building and into a “Grove of Remembrance”. It is a beautiful park with patches of bluegrass and 100 Linden trees.
Barnum East Park – Located at Federal Blvd. and W. 5th Ave., this is not the nicest-looking park in the world, but it features a lighted baseball and softball field. To look at it, you have to wonder if its closed or something. It may be perfect for kids looking for a sandlot.
Barnum North Park – Located at Federal Blvd. and W 8th Ave., features a softball field, softball field grass infield, and lighted softball field. This really isn’t noteworthy different than the East park.
Barnum Park – Located at Julian St. and W. 4th Ave., this is a spacious park, featuring a basketball court, a rec. center, fishing, tennis court, and soccer field. Great picnic sights and sounds. It’s broad fun for all.
Bates-Hobart Park – Located at Bates Ave. and Hobart Way
Bear Creek Park – Located at S. Raleigh St. and W. Hampden Ave.
Bear Valley Park – Located at S. Lamar St. and W. Dartmouth Ave.
Berkeley Park – Located at Tennyson St. and W. 46th Ave.
Bezoff Park – Located at New York and Fulton Ct.
Bible Park – Located at Yale Ave. at Pontiac St.
Bonnie Brae Park – Located at Bonnie Brae Blvd and E. Kentucky Ave.
Burns Park – S. Colorado Blvd and E. Alameda Ave.
Chaffee Park – Tejon St. and W. 43rd Ave.
Cheesman Park – Franklin St. and 8th St.
Ciancio Park – Lipan St. and W. 40th Ave.
City of Axum Park – 32nd Ave. and Cherry St.
City of Brest Park – Located on Cherry Creek Drive South on Colorado Blvd.
City of Cuernavaca Park –
City of Karmiel Park – S. Steele St. and Cherry Creek Dr. N.
City of Madras Park – Quebec St. and Iowa Ave.
City of Nairobi Park – Cook St. and E. 35th Ave.
City of Potenza Park – S. Holly St. and E. Mississippi Ave.
City of Takayama Park – S. Colorado Blvd. and Cherry Creek Dr. N
City Park – Located downtown at 17th Ave. and York St.
Civic Center Park – Located in the heart of civic downtown
Columbus Park – Navajo St. and W. 38th Avenue
Commons Park – Located in the center of Petite Raven, 15th Street and 19th Street.
Congress Park – 9th Avenue and Elizabeth Street
Cook Park – S. Monaco Parkway and E. Mexico Avenue
Cranmer Park – Cherry St. and E. 2nd Avenue.
Crescent Park – Located between Roslyn, Trenton, 8th and 7th
Crestmoor Park – Monaco St. and E. 1st Avenue
Dailey Park – E. Elati St. and W. Ellsworth Avenue
Deboer Park – S. Vine St. and E. Harvard Avenue
Denison Park – Quebec Street and E. 11th Avenue
North Harvard Gulch Park – S. Clarkson Street and E. Iliff Avenue
Dunham Park – Clayton Street and E. 44th
Eastmoor Park – S. Monaco Parkway and S. Princeton Avenue
Eisenhower Park – S. Colorado Blvd. and E. Dartmouth Ave.
Elmendorf Park – Scranton St. and E. Elmendorf Pl.
Falcon Park – Xanadu St. and E. Maxwell Pl.
Ferguson Park – Dexter St. and E. 23rd Avenue
Flores(Hector M.) Park – Galapago St. and W. 4th Avenue
Fred N. Thomas Memorial Park – Quebec St. and E. 26th Avenue
Fuller Park – Gilpin Street and E. 28th
Garfield Lake Park – S. Lowell Blvd and W. Mississippi Avenue
Garland & Saratoga Park – S. Garland St. and Saratoga Pl.
Garland Park – S. Monaco Parkway and Cherry Creek Dr. N
Globeville Park – Platte River Dr. and I-70
Godsman Park – S. Zuni and W. Florida Avenue
Green Valley East Ranch Park – Jebel St. and E. 45th Avenue
Green Valley West Ranch Park – Argonne St. and E. 45th Avenue
Hallack Park – Irving Street and W. 20th Avenue
Hampden Heights Park – Located between Dayton and Eastman, and Dartmouth on Boston Ct.
Harvard Gulch Park – S. Logan and E. Iliff
Harvey Park – S. Tennyson St. and W. Evans Ave.
High Line Canal Park – Located from Hampden at Colorado Blvd. to Havana at Exposition.
Highland Park – Federal Blvd. and W. 32nd Avenue
Hirshorn Park – Erie St. and 16th St.
Huston Lake Park – S. Zuni St. and W. Ohio Ave.
Hutchinson Park – Located at Eastman Avenue at Pontiac Street
Inspiration Point Park – 50th Avenue and Sheridan Blvd.
Jackie Robinson Complex Park – Lowry Blvd. and Uinta St.
Jacobs(Frances Wisebart)Park – S. Quebec St. and E. Mississippi Avenue
Jefferson Park – Clay Street and W. 22nd Ave.
Jefferson Square Parks – S. Happy Canyon Rd. and Ivy Way
Kennedy Park – Located South of Dartmouth on Kenton and south of Hampden at Dayton St.
Kittredge Park – Oneida St. and E. 8th Avenue
Lawson Park – Welton and 23rd Street
Lincoln Park – Mariposa St. and W. 11th Avenue
Lindsley Park – Dexter St. and E. Hale Parkway
Loretto Heights Park – South Lowell Blvd. and West Amherst Avenue
Magna Carta Park – S. Colorado Blvd. and E. Hampden Avenue
Martin Luther King Park – Newport St. and E. 38th Ave.
Martinez Park – Tennyson St. and W. 9th Ave.
Mayfair Park – Jersey St. and W. 10th Avenue
McNichols Park – Syracuse St. and E. 17th Avenue
McWilliams Park – S. St. Paul St. and E. Yale Avenue
Mestizo-Curtis Park – Curtis Street and 31st Avenue
Montbello Central Park – Crown Blvd. and E. Andews Dr.
Montclair Park – Oneida St. and E. 12th Ave.
Montclair Reservoir Park – Quebec and 11th Avenue
Observatory Park – S. Filmore St. and E. Evans Ave.
Pferdesteller Park – Wolff St. and W. 33rd Ave.
Pinecrest Village Park – S. Chase St. and W. Lehigh Ave.
Pinehurst Park – S. Wolff St. and W. Quincy Avenue
Platt (James H.) Park – Located at E. Florida Ave. to East Iowa Ave. and S. Grant St. to S. Logan St.
Pulaski Park – S. Steele St. and E. Bayaud Ave.
Robinson Park – Fairfax St. and E. 3rd Ave.
Rocky Mountain Lake Park – Hooker St. and W. 46th Ave.
Rosamond Park – Tamarac St. and E. Quincy Ave.
Ruby Hill Park – S. Platte River Dr. and and W. Florida Ave.
Rude Park – Decatur St. and W. 13th Ave.
Sanchez Park – Knox Ct. and W. 13th Ave.
Sanderson Gulch Park – S. Raritan St. and W. Florida Ave.
Schafer Park – Clayton St. and E. 37th Ave.
Silverman Park – Titan Ct. and E. Andrews Dr.
Skatepark – Located in the Platte Valley to the north of Commons Park at 2205 19th Street.
Skyland Park – Holly St. and E. 33rd Avenue
Sloan’s Lake Park – Sheridan Blvd. and W. 17th Avenue.
Southmoor Park – Located just south of Hampden Avenue at Pontiac Street
Southwest Auto Park – Located at Ammons St., Balsam Street, Stanford Ave., and Union Avenue
St. Charles Park – Lafayette St. and E. 38th Ave.
Sunken Gardens Park – Elati St. and W. 8th Avenue
Swansea Park – Clayton St. and E. 49th Avenue
Valverde Park – S. Platte River Dr. and W. Cedar Avenue
Vanderbilt Park – S. Platte River Dr. and W. Tennessee Ave.
Verbena Park – Verbena St. and E. 11th Ave.
Veterans Park – S. Vine St. and E. Iowa Ave.
Viking Park – Speer Blvd. and W 29th Ave.
Village Place Park – Anaheim Ct. and E. Albrook Dr.
Wallace Park – Located south and east of the juncture of I-25 and I-225
Washington Park – S. Downing St. and E. Louisiana Ave.
West-Bar-Val-Wood Park – S. Tejon St. and W. Cedar Ave.
Westwood Park – S. Wolff St. and W. Kentucky Ave.
Zeckendorf Place Park – Broadway and Speer Blvd.
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