Daniels Park Master Plan

A jewel in the crown of the Denver Mountain Parks System in Douglas County is receiving some well-deserved tender loving care through a proposed Master Plan for the historical park that culminates three years of collaborative efforts between two local governments and surrounding neighbors who share a mutual desire for Park improvements.

Denver Parks and Recreation and Douglas County have been working the past few years to create the preliminary master plan for the five years.  The intersection on Daniels Park Road at the southern entrance to the park, for example, long has been considered dangerous with its steep grade and lack of visibility.  The park has attracted regional users for decades who now are joined on a regular basis by the neighbors living adjacent to the park.  The Master Plan and first phase road improvements will be funded by Douglas County and substantially completed in April, 2009.

Denver Mountain Parks Foundation and Denver Parks and Recreation is soliciting feedback from Douglas County residents regarding their use of and suggestions for improvements to other Denver Mountain Parks such as Red Rocks, Winter Park Ski Resort, Buffalo Bill’s Grave and the Museum on Lookout Mountain, as well as other parks in Denver’s 14,000-acre mountain park system.  This information will be used for a Mountain Parks Master Plan update.

Phase 2, from Castle Pines Parkway to Griggs Road is scheduled to begin final design in later 2009 or early 2010.

For more information on the plans www.denvergov.org.