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Daniels Park is a former working ranch in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The park is one of the Denver Mountain Parks and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It is located along Douglas County Road 67 northeast of Sedalia and east of Castle Pines .
North of County Road 85 and south of Daniels Park Rd. Sedalia: 3,280 acres (13.3 km 2) ranch including a replica of a 15th century Scottish castle 7: Cherry Creek Bridge: Cherry Creek Bridge: October 15, 2002
In 1912, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. was hired to plan the park system. [4] Olmsted identified 41,310 acres (167 km²) of land that Denver should acquire for parks, mountain roads, and to protect scenic vistas. [5] Acquisition of Genesee Park began in 1912; it was the first park established and, at 2,413 acres (9.7 km²), is still the largest.
The Daniels couple both died in 1918, and Florence Martin inherited most of their estate and settled around Denver. She donated 38 acres in 1920 and another 962 in 1937 to establish Daniels Park in Douglas County, Colorado. [13] In 1934, Martin endowed the Denver Art Museum's Cooke-Daniels Memorial Lectures. [14] [1] [3]
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If filled to capacity, surface size would be 1,140 acres, making this a fairly significant reservoir in Colorado and Douglas County's largest body of water. Cherokee Ranch and Castle is a 3,400-acre privately owned property which forms a 12,000-acre open space with the Highlands Ranch Backcountry and Daniels Park.
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Castle Rock is the most populous Colorado town (rather than city) and the 14th most populous Colorado municipality. Castle Rock is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range urban corridor. The town is named for the prominent, castle-shaped butte near the center of town. [8]