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Cranmer Park is a city park in Denver, United States [2] located in the Hilltop neighborhood off Colorado Boulevard between East 1st and East 3rd Avenue. It is notable for its large sundial . An inscription at the base describes the axis of the gnomon as elevated 39°43' in the direction of polar north .
By the 1870s however, Denver had gained a substantial permanent population, and many residents were clamoring for parks. In 1878, the Colorado state legislature passed a bill to allow Denver to acquire 1,280 acres (5.2 km 2) of state land to build parks. City Park became the largest tract turned into a park.
Chief Hosa Lodge, Genesee Mountain Park Picnic Shelter built by CCC in Genesee Park. Genesee Park is a park in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the largest park in the Denver Mountain Parks system, with a total of 2,413 acres (9.77 km 2). The land for Genesee Park was initially purchased in 1912 and the park area was largely complete by 1926.
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In 2013, the Denver Mountain Parks Foundation and the City of Denver marked the centennial of the park system with a book featuring park history, scenic and historic photographs, and a guide to the system. Denver Mountain Parks: 100 Years of the Magnificent Dream was released August 1, 2013, by John Fielder Publishing.
Denver ABC affiliate KWGN reported that nearly 40,000 people were a part of the "Founders Club" virtual queue at 9 a.m. MT and that those reservations were booked full by noon. The station ...
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In 1922, Jules Jacques Benoit Benedict designed a picnic shelter for the new park. [2] The city also constructed several campfire sites. The park's views of the Front Range from Pikes Peak to Longs Peak meant the small area became a popular picnic site. On the land retained by Martin, a house and ranch facilities were constructed through the ...