Denver Parks and Recreation has a subgroup of parks known as Denver Mountain Parks.  These parks are wonderful for hiking in Jefferson County.  Denver treasures such as Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, Summit Lake, and Echo Lake are only a small piece of this park system.  The lesser known parks are the real gems.  Corwina Park, O'Fallon Park, and Genesee Parks are all dedicated hikers parks.  The system owns much more property than is currently developed and has the potential to increase the number of trails in the Denver area ten-fold.  Here's hoping that DMP can get a larger budget over the years and start building more trails.

Bergen Park

Pioneer Trail to Buchanan Ponds
​1.4 mi (RT); 130 ft elevation gain

Corwina Park

Panorama Point Trail
3 mi (RT); 688 ft elevation gain
Panorama Point via Bear Creek Trail
3.3 mi (RT); 763 ft elevation gain
Old Road Nature Trail
.25 mi (RT); minimal elevation gain

Daniels Park

Picnic Area Trails
.5 mi (RT); 100 ft elevation gain

Dedisse Park

Dedisee Trail to Aldefer/3 Sisters Park
5.9 mi (RT); 700 ft elevation gain

Echo Lake Park

Echo Lake Trail
1.3 mi (RT); 200 ft elevation gain
Winter Loop
1.3 mi (RT); 200 ft elevation gain

Filius Park

Filius Park Trail
2.3 mi (RT); 400 ft elevation gain
West Filius Loop
.8 mi (RT); 175 ft elevation gain

Genesee Park

American Bison Trail
1.4 mi (RT); 250 ft elevation gain
Chavez & Beaver Brook Loop
4 mi (RT); 1,300 ft elevation gain
Chief Hosa Trail
1.6 mi (RT); 340 ft elevation gain
Genesee Summit Trail
1.4 mi (RT); 350 ft elevation gain
Genesee Mountain Trail
3.8 mi (RT); 500 ft elevation gain
I-70 Bike Path
1.6 mi (RT); 200 ft elevation gain

Little Park

Bear Creek Trail
.5 mi (RT); minimal elevation gain

Lookout Mountain Park

Buffalo Bill Trail to Lookout Mountain Summit
4 mi (RT); 320 ft elevation gain

O'Fallon Park

Picnic & Meadow View Loop
3.3 mi (RT); 637 ft elevation gain
The Vista
5 mi (RT); 915 ft elevation gain
Stone Chimney Trail
.8 mi (RT); 200 ft elevation gain
West Ridge > Meadow View > BCT Loop
3.1 mi (RT); 500 ft elevation gain

Pence Park

Independence Peak Trail
1.9 mi (RT); 800 ft elevation gain

Red Rocks Park

Trading Post Loop
1.5 mi (RT); 300 ft elevation gain
Mount Morrison
3.5 mi (RT); 2,113 ft elevation gain
Mount Vernon Creek & Will Call Trails Loop
2.2 mi (RT); 340 ft elevation gain
Geologic Overlook Trail & Trading Post Loop
4 mi (RT); 700 ft elevation gain

Summit Lake Park

Summit Lake Look & Chicago Lakes Overlook Trail
1.3 mi (RT); 150 ft elevation gain