Lookout Mountain Park

Lookout Mountain Park
Lookout Mountain Park is located in Colorado
Lookout Mountain Park
Lookout Mountain Park is located in the United States
Lookout Mountain Park
Nearest cityGolden, Colorado
Coordinates39°43′58″N 105°14′28″W / 39.73278°N 105.24111°W / 39.73278; -105.24111
Built1913
ArchitectOlmsted Brothers; Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr.
Architectural styleRustic
MPSDenver Mountain Parks MPS
NRHP reference No.90001713[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1990

Lookout Mountain Park is a Denver Mountain Park located around 12 miles (20 km) west of downtown Denver overlooking Golden, Colorado. It consists of 65.7 acres (266,000 m2) of evergreen wilderness atop Lookout Mountain, named for its being a favored lookout point of the native Ute Indian tribe. Lookout Mountain Park is the burial site of the internationally famous western frontiersman William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.