Crown Hill Park, County park in Jefferson County, Colorado
Crown Hill Park is a 242-acre recreation area managed by Jefferson County Open Space, lying between Wheat Ridge and Lakewood. It contains a National Urban Wildlife Refuge and a mix of 3 miles of natural-surface trail and 6.5 miles of hard-surface trail. Crown Hill Lake and Kestrel Pond are among its water features.
The land once belonged to pioneer Henry Lee, who developed irrigation and farming operations in the early 1900s. It was later converted to parkland as part of an effort to preserve undeveloped land in the county.
Crown Hill Park is part of Jefferson County Open Space, a program voters approved in 1972, six years before the park opened. The county bought the land from the Crown Hill Cemetery Association, which still owns the cemetery south of the park and holds water rights to Crown Hill Lake.
The park has two asphalt lots: the main lot with 103 spaces plus 5 ADA spaces, and an equestrian lot with 13 spaces, 1 ADA space and 2 horse trailer spaces. Trails total 3 miles of natural surface and 6.5 miles of hard surface. A flush restroom, drinking fountain and fishing pier are ADA accessible; bus 100 stops on the western Kipling Parkway border.
Crown Hill Lake is partly managed by an adjacent cemetery that holds water rights to the lake and uses the water for irrigation. This arrangement results in noticeable changes to the water level throughout the year that visitors will observe.
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