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Mountain, Bergen Park, Ever-
green, Bear Creek Cafon,
Morrison, via North Golden
Road.

Distance, not including side
trip to Genesee Mountain and
Colorow Point, 63 miles.
0.0—Leaving State Capitol.

Pioneer Monument,
Civic Center
Carnegie Library and
Mint. one block west
North on Broadway,
passing
Denver Motor Club.
0.4—Cross Welton and down
19th St
Denver High
School on right
0.5—New Postoffice on left
0.6—Turn right on Champa
St
0.7—Turn left on 20th St
City Bath House on
Tight.

1.0—20th St. Viaduct.

New Union Depot on
left.
1.9—Turn left West 33rd

Ave

2.8—Oakes Home on left

3.0—North on Federal Blvd
Woodbury Library on
left.

3.6—Columbian School on

right
McDonough Park on
left.

3.9—Turn left West 44th

Ave.
5.4—City Limits.
White City on right.
Inspiration Point right.
10.2—North Table Mountain
on right.
South Table Mountain
on left.
12.1—Stanley Reservoir
12.6—Clear Creek Canon
13.9—Independent Smelter.

14.3—City Limits of Golden

Coor’s Brewery on left.
15.0—Golden, 5,675 feet.

Castle Rock and Indian
Camp_on left

Scenic Incline.
15.{—State Armory on right

Iirst Court House in
the State on left

School of Mines on
right.

16.6—Industrial School on
left.

Golden Reservoi>

Water Tank.

loot, of Lookout Moun-
tain and beginning of
drive.

On left In-
cline to summit of
Lookout Mountain

17.4—View of Golden.

Clear Creek Cation,
17.9—Sensation Point.
18.7—Large ‘‘M’’ 100 by 80

feet.
Virst View of Denver
Double Hairpin Curve

Funicular

18.8
19.4

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DENVER’S MOUNTAITI.

mountain parks and boulevards fifteen to twenty-five
miles beyond its borders.

Lands: Situated in Jefferson County, Colorado, 2,600 acres.
Genesee Park, including Genesee Peak, comprises 1,800 acres.
Reserved federal lands under option from government, 7,047 acres.

Highways: Sixty miles of mountain boulewards and ap-
proaches already constructed, with additional drives under con-
struction and in prospect. Maximum cost per mile, $20,000.
(See map on page 14.) Circle route by way of Creswell from the
Pioneer Monument, Denver, and return, 63 miles.

Grades and Curves: Maximum grade inthe mountains,
six per cent. Sharpest curve is based on a radius of fifty feet.
Usual width of highway, twenty feet—enough to permit two
large vehicles to pass with ease. Exposed points are protected
by masonry walls or anchored steel cables. Highway is provided
throughout with a thorough system of drainage.

Features: Thesky-line drive over Lookout Mountain drops
ultimately into the canon of Bear Creek, a famous trout stream,
along which several of Denver's millionaires have built summer
homes. Shelters, fre-places, comfort stations and picnic grounds,
provided with pure mountain water, occur at convenient intervals.
Animal park of 135 acres, on west slope of Genesee Mountain,
contains wild buffalo, elk, deer and other untamed animals.

Elevations: Denver, 5,280 feet; Golden (Main Street),
5,675 feet; Spring House, Lookout Mountain Drive, 7,045 feet;
Wildcat Point, 7,300 feet; Lookout Mountain, 7,342 feet; Col-
orow Point, 7,500 feet; Genesee Peak, 8,270 feet (3,000 feet
higher than Denver) ; Creswell (Bergen Park) , 7,862 feet; Ever-
green, 7,005 feet; Morrison (Main Street), 5,659 feet.

TRANSPORTATION AND
ROUND-TRIP FARES

1. WILDCAT POINT and SUMMIT OF LOOKOUT MOUN-
TAIN, via C. & S. Ry. and auto, $1.50.

2. Via trolley and automobile, $2.00,

3. Via automobile all the way, parties of four or more, $2.50 each
(minimum of four passengers).

4. Via special observation car and automobile, $1.50.

5. Via trolley to GOLDEN, automobile and Funicular Railway, $1.

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ENVER is the only American municipality which owns
a mountain peak in an adjoining county and a system of

. Circle Trip, 70 miles, via automobile, $5.00.

. Via C. & S. Ry. to MORRISON and automobile to STARBUCK
PARK, $1.00.

8. To other points in BEAR CREEK CANON, via Morrison, from
$1.75 to $4.00.

g. Circle Trip, 70 miles. Via C. & S. Ry. to MORRISON, auto to
GOLDEN and rail to DENVER. Or via C. & S. Ry. to
GOLDEN, auto to MORRISON and rail to DENVER, $3.00
round trip.

1o. Via C. & S. Ry
s50c and 7£¢

1x. Via C&S.
$1.00.

to MORRISON and PARK OF RED ROCKS,

Ry. or trolley to GOLDEN, s50c; CASTLE ROCK,

Further information and literature on Thirty-eight Scenic Trips
including Fourteen One-Day Trips mailed free:

THE. LOG

Continued
20.0—Engineer’s Lariat.

Spring House, 7,045 ft.

Comfort Station,
20.2—Windy Point.
20.9—Wildcat Point.

Summit of Lookout

Mountain.

Altitude 7,300 feet.
21.0—Reservoir on left.
21.3—Shelter House,
21.5—Road to Colorow Point

on right.
24.2—Mount Vernon Cafion on
left.
24.6—Water Tank.
24.7—School on right.
25.0—Road to Genesee Peak
and Park, 8.270 feet.
25.1—Left. Herd of Elk.
26.5—Left. Road out of
Genesee Park from
Genesee Mountain,
26.7—Shelter House.

Mountain fire place.

Comfort Station,
28.4—View of Sauaw

Mountain.

Gray's Peak.

Torrey’s Peak and

Snowy Range.
30.5—Comfort Station.

Bergen Park.

Road branches to Idaho

Springs.
30.6—Swings.

Settees.

Wire place.

Shelter House.

View of Bergen Peak,
33.4—View of Bear Mountain.
35.0—Hairpin Curve.
35.4—Bear Creek Caiion.

Troutdale one mile west.

Meadowbrook Ranch,

14 miles west.
35.7—Dam site, and proposed

lake.
35.9—Tvergreen,
36.4—Church.
37.9—Horseshoe Curve,
38.0—Dad’s Grocery.
38.7—Turkey Cafon on right.

Meyer's Gulch,
40.0—Serpentine Trail.

43.6—High water mark during
tlood.

47.0—Left., Park of the Red
Rocks.

47.3—On right, Hotel Morri-
son,

47.4—Morrison.
Altitude 5,659 feet.

50.4—Night, Fort Logan.
Left, Loretto Heiglits.

54.5—Midway.

59.8—Old Hanging Tree
60.4—-Alameda Subway.
60.9—Turn left on Broadway

61.8—Left, Baseball Park
County Hospital.

61.9—Cherry Creek.

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ES DENVER, COLO.

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