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The South Platte River Trail Scenic and Historic Byway is a 19-mile (31 km) Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Sedgwick County, Colorado, USA. The byway follows the historic trails used during westward expansion .
The park is adjacent to a number of new up-scale townhouses, apartments, and loft developments, another park bordering the South Platte downstream, train tracks, and Denver's skatepark. The Platte Valley Trolley originates in Confluence Park, running along the west side of the South Platte River from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day ...
The river is formed in Park County, Colorado, southwest of Denver in the South Park grassland basin by the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork, about 15 mi (24 km) southeast of Fairplay. Both forks rise along the eastern flank of the Mosquito Range , on the western side of South Park, which is drained by the tributaries at the ...
The Overland Trail followed much of the South Platte Trail to and from Denver, before heading north to Wyoming. [5] Julesburg was also near the connection to the Oregon-California Trail [6] at the North Platte River. [7] It is estimated that the Pike's Peak Gold Rush drew about 100,000 people to Colorado.
Union Station North, formerly known as Prospect, is a neighborhood within the city limits of Denver, Colorado. [3] Previously dominated by industrial buildings, waste, railroad tracks and considered an area of the city to be avoided, today it has been rehabilitated into multi-story residential buildings, restaurants, amenities, easy access to downtown Denver, and is a short walk to the South ...
Chatfield State Park is a state park located in Douglas and Jefferson counties of Colorado, United States. The park centers on Chatfield Reservoir , a 1,423 acre surface area lake fed by the South Platte River and two other creeks, including Plum Creek .
The trail starts at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, which is located along the North Platte River. [1] [5] The trail follows Crow Creek to the Latham, Colorado area, where it traversed along the South Platte River. [2] Traveling along the river, four trading posts were built in the late 1830s and are located and are part of the South Platte Trail.
The South Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, [2] in central Colorado in the United States.It is located near the headwaters of the South Platte in Park County, Colorado and drains part of the intermontane grassland basin of South Park.