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South Table Mountain with its capping lava flows, as seen from the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden. Castle Rock is the prominence to the left of center. Although not necessarily recorded on United States Geological Survey maps, several historically named features are part of South Table Mountain:
North Table Mountain is a popular scenic and recreational destination in the Denver metro area, and it is preserved as public open space by Jefferson County and the Access Fund. Recent and ongoing projects by Jefferson County Open Space have resulted in the construction of several new trails and eliminated large numbers of unofficial trails.
Lookout Mountain, 1917 Eastern view from radio towers at Lookout Mountain. Downtown Denver, 12 miles to the east, can be seen clearly from the mountain.It is known for its natural scenery and has played a major role in area recreation, transportation, water supply and telecommunications.
Golden is a home rule city that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. [1] [6] The city population was 20,399 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] ...
The Denver basin is a geological definition of a portion of the Colorado Piedmont, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Wyoming. The Palmer Divide , with elevations from 6,000 to 7,500, is a subsection of that area that separates the South Platte River watershed from that of the Arkansas River . [ 6 ]
At first the new theme park targeted as a building site the northeastern alcove of South Table Mountain, just east of Golden, Colorado, and purchased 460 acres (1.9 km 2) of land to do so. This site met with sharp opposition from the nearby residents of Applewood , who objected to the impact of the development, including traffic and building on ...
Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles (106 km) long, [3] in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge at the town of Golden, finally ending in the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte.
The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado state capital, is only the 170th highest of the 273 Colorado municipalities. While the Town of Holly, Colorado is the lowest municipality in Colorado, it is higher than the high-points of 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.