Castle
Pines North
Local
parks, trails, and open space and things to do within our community. |
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CPN
Parks and Trails
Map of Trailways
(existing/proposed)
Plans for the
Trail system
Map
of Recreational facilities - existing and proposed
with usages
Plans for Recreational
facilities
Coyote
Ridge Park - (8-01-02)
Located at the northeast corner of Monarch Blvd. and Hidden
Pointe Blvd, is "Coyote Ridge Park" named by Hidden
Pointe resident Kim Nelson.
There
are two play fields, the parking areas and the playground.
Coyote
Ridge is nearing completion. The baseball field should be
ready for play in August (2002). The bridge is in, and the
sidewalks connecting the ball fields are expected to be done
before the end of summer.
South
Park. A new park will be built in the area north of Castle
Pines Parkway, from the CPN Community Center east to the Montessori
School. The access road will be from the new intersection
of the Parkway and the new LaGae Road (next to the King Soopers).
Funding for the park will come partially from developer fees
that have been paid to CPN's Parks Authority, and partially
from Master HOA dues. Currently, the Parks Authority is working
on acquiring the land for the park. One parcel, north of the
Community Center, has been purchased from the church that
owned the land. Work is currently underway to transfer the
balance of the park land. Some of the parcels currently belong
to Douglas County, and there are is also two parcels that
are currently zonedsome "commercial" land that the
developer has an agreements to deed over to CPN. Once the
land transfer work is completed, then a citizen's committee
will begin formed to help plan the park, including decisions
about what activities and amenities should be in the park.
The goal is to begin working on the park in 2003.
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| Local
Activities |
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Golf
- The Ridge
at Castle Pines North - 303-688-0100.
All
things golf - Local-area courses and other bits of
note and lore.
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| Gardening
in CPN
- for some of us it is an all-consuming passion. |
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Adjacent
Open Space
CPN
residents are fortunate to be located adjacent to the largest
contiguous open space in Douglas County. |
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Cherokee
Ranch -
located adjacent to CPN
Cherokee Ranch may someday have a center that is open to the
public, but the expectation is that the balance of the Ranch
will limit public access in order to preserve wildlife habitats.
There will never be any development.
Daniels Park
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a City of Denver Mountain Park just north of CPN
This includes a shelter just north of CPN Parkway, the buffalo
enclosure and the Tall Bull Memorial. The City and County
of Denver will determine future uses in this park. There will
never be any development.
Highlands Ranch Open Space
(overview map)-in the northern quadrant of our area - This
is an 8,000 acre area, 1200 acres of which can be used for
public and recreational uses. This area is managed by the
Highlands Ranch Community Assoc and the Highlands Ranch developer.
There will never be any commercial or residential development
in this area.
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Douglas
County Parks, Trails & Open Spaces
Douglas
County has an Open
Space Program, funded by a tax revenue. It seeks to
improve the quality of all our lives. |
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Glendale
Farm -
Natural Open Space Park/Trail
East of I-25, north of Surrey Ridge
Proposed
Trails
The County is planning expansion of the Regional Trail
system. One new trail would parallel Daniels Park Road and
connect to another new trail system that would go through
the Highlands Ranch Open Space north of Daniels Park and connect
to Chatfield Reservoir and the Cherry Creek Trail Systems.
map of the area trailways
Douglas
County will be working on the design and construction of its
major trail link from our nothern border through the Highlands
Ranch Open Space to connect the parks/trailways to Highlands
Ranch.
Douglas
County is beginning work in 2002 on the East-West Regional
Trail, which will go in the open space area north of CPN,
and eventually continue west to Chatfield Reservoir, north
to the new Bluffs Park, and and east to the Cherry Creek trail
system.
This
system will eventually tie our park into trails and parks
from Chatfield to Parker.
Proposed Parks
Douglas
County has opened the new "Bluffs Regional Park,"
a "natural" park with hiking trails, located south
of Lincoln on Yosemite.
Douglas
County is also finalizing plans for the new Wildcat Regional
Park north of CPN, near the new middle school/ high school
complex at Monarch and McArthur Ranch Road. This will be a
large, 200-acre park with league-play ball fields (6 baseball
fields and several multipurpose fields for soccer, football,
lacrosse, etc.), as well as many other amenities such as walking
and biking trails, a garden and observation area, a lake,
and dog-park areas. Funding of this park will come from Douglas
County Parks funds, plus additional funds from the Highlands
Ranch Metro District (if Highlands Ranch voters approve bond
money for the park in the November election). The County plans
to begin construction in 2003.
map of the area parks
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