Daniels Park

Daniels Park
Daniels Park is located in Colorado
Daniels Park
Nearest citySedalia, Colorado
Coordinates39°29′06″N 104°55′39″W / 39.48500°N 104.92750°W / 39.48500; -104.92750
Area963 acres (3.90 km2)
Built1920
ArchitectJules Jacques Benoit Benedict
Architectural styleRustic
MPSDenver Mountain Parks MPS
NRHP reference No.95000795[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1995

Daniels Park is a former working ranch in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The park is one of the Denver Mountain Parks and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[2][1] It is located along Douglas County Road 67 northeast of Sedalia and east of Castle Pines. The modern-day park may have been the site of Kit Carson's last campfire and includes a memorial to the frontiersman.[3]

Florence Martin, an Australian-American philanthropist, made two donations of her ranch's 1,000 acres (400 ha) to establish Daniels Park. The park includes some structures dating from 1920, and work by architect Jules Jacques Benoit Benedict.[2][4] Prominent locations include Florence Martin Ranch, Riley Hill, and Wildcat Point.[1] A herd of bison lives in the park, and the bison graze on the prairie grass in the park's upper elevations. Because of the presence of the bison, most of the park is not open to the public.

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nrhpdoc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hughes, Jessica (January 19, 2021). "South of Denver, Daniels Park Offers Incredible Sunsets and Bison Herds". 303 Magazine. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Daniels Park | History Colorado". www.historycolorado.org. Retrieved January 4, 2022.