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Parks,
Forestry, Cemetery
Park Ownership Schedule
PARK,
RECREATION, TRAILS, OPEN SPACE:
The City of Cañon City owns and
operates specific parks, trails, open space, and cemetery areas in
Canon City. The City is also responsible for the maintenance of
trees along right of ways throughout the community. The City does
not provide any park and recreation activity programming. A
separate governmental district called the Cañon City Area
Metropolitan Recreation & Park District schedules and provides
a wide range of sports activity programming such as soccer,
basketball, baseball, football, swimming, trails, and many other
activities. The following PARK OWNERSHIP SCHEDULE provides a
listing of all physical park and recreation sites in the Cañon
City area and which public entity operates and maintains them:
CITY OWNED PUBLIC
PARK OWNERSHIP SCHEDULE:
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PUBLIC
AREA NAME |
ACREAGE |
ADDRESS |
TYPE
OF PARK |
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1 |
Mountain View Park |
14.70 |
922 N. Orchard |
Neighborhood w/skate
park,
pavilion, restrooms,
playground, soccer field |
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2 |
Skyline Drive Open Space |
160.00 |
Skyline Drive |
Open space |
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3 |
Margaret Park |
1.88 |
5th &
Burrage Avenue |
Neighborhood w/picnic
tables |
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4 |
Magdalene Park |
.47 |
5th &
Cooper |
Vest pocket grass only |
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5 |
Greydene Park |
.46 |
8th &
College |
Vest pocket grass only |
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6 |
Rudd Park |
3.68 |
12th &
College |
Neighborhood w/tennis,
playground, restrooms, picnic shelters |
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7 |
Veterans Park |
4.70 |
211 South 3rd
Street |
Events area, stage,
restrooms, road side rest area |
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8 |
Centennial Park &
Park
Admin/ Maintenance Facility |
8.20 |
221 Griffin Avenue |
Neighborhood, w/river
front picnic shelters, restrooms, tennis, basketball, fish
pond, playground, volleyball,
baseball |
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9 |
River Front Recreation
Area |
10.00 |
401 Water Street |
River access, trail head, restrooms, playground, fishing pier |
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10 |
Denver & Rio Grande
Park |
1.20 |
816 Royal Gorge Blvd |
Events area, no restrooms |
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11 |
Royal Gorge Bridge & Theme
Park, Royal Gorge Park
(Mountain park - Camp & picnic)
|
5300.00 |
County Rd 3A –
10 miles west of town on US Hwy 50 & County Rd 3-A |
Theme park concession,
tourism, natural mountain park, open space, camping,
picnic areas, vaulted toilets |
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12 |
Temple Canyon Park
(Mountain park - Camp & picnic) |
600.00 |
Temple Canyon Road –
7 miles south east of town off of 1st Street
and US Hwy 50 |
Natural mountain
park/open space, camping, picnic areas, vaulted toilets,
Grape Creek primitive area, winding narrow gravel roads |
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13 |
Red Canyon Park
(Mountain park - Camp & picnic) |
640.00 |
Red Canyon Road –
7 miles north of town off of US Hwy 50 and Reynolds Avenue |
Natural mountain
park/open space, camping, picnic areas, vaulted toilets,
narrow winding gravel roads, dead end |
CAÑON CITY AREA METROPOLITAN
RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT OWNERSHIP
(NOT City of Cañon City)
0575 Ash Avenue
Cañon City, CO 81212
719-275-1578
PARK
& RECREATION AREAS, TRAILS - OWNED BY RECREATION DISTRICT
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PUBLIC
AREA NAME |
ACREAGE |
ADDRESS |
TYPE
OF PARK |
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1 |
Recreation District Admin
Bldg & Griffin Regional Park - Arkansas River Walk
Trail |
75.00 |
0575 Ash Avenue – one
mile south of US Hwy 50 & Reynolds Avenue on Arkansas
River Trail - 4.5 miles long
from Centennial Park to McKenzie Avenue
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Open space, trails,
riparian
areas, vaulted toilets along trail |
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2 |
Rouse Park &
Maintenance Facility |
14.00 |
1600 Park Avenue |
Sports Park w/baseball,
football, restrooms, tennis,
playground, shelters |
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3 |
Tunnel Drive Trail |
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Tunnel Drive – west of
town at Tunnel Drive Road and Hwy 50, go .6 of mile west
on road to trailhead, trail is 2 miles long, dead end |
River trail |
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4 |
Icabone Swimming Pool |
1.00 |
12th &
College Avenue |
Outdoor swim pool |
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5 |
Ecology Park – owned by
Fremont County (reclaimed landfill) Operated by Canon City
High School Ecology Club |
40.00 |
Temple Canyon Road |
Ecology, open space |
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