Colorow Point Park is a park located on
Lookout Mountain in
Golden, Colorado. It was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1990.
It is named for
Colorow, a Ute chief, who used to camp on Lookout Mountain during the summers and held tribal councils at Inspiration Tree at the slope of
Dinosaur Ridge.
Although it is the smallest park in the
Denver Mountain Parks system, at .37 acres, it is notable for its outlook at 7,500 feet in elevation. It provides views of the main peaks of the
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...
and the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
, as well as the plains and
Clear Creek.
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References
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National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Colorado
Geography of Jefferson County, Colorado
Tourist attractions in Jefferson County, Colorado