The City of Denver is threatening to use eminent domain against a local church that has refused to sell it access to the only road leading into its new mountain park.
Denver Parks and Recreation is proposing the addition of the donated Axton Ranch to Denver’s Mountain Park System — the system’s first new mountain park in more than 80 years.
Denver Parks and Recreation prepares for new mountain park donation
If acquired, property would be first new mountain park in over 80 years
Denver Parks and Recreation
and last updated 2021-02-11 12:25:52-05
DENVER â Denver is in the process of acquiring a new mountain park.
Denver Parks and Recreation has proposed that the 450-acre Axton Ranch property in Jefferson and Gilpin counties be donated to the City and County of Denver as part of Denver s Mountain Parks system. The property is less than an hour drive from Denver. It is adjacent to Roosevelt National Forest and near Arapahoe National Forest, Golden Gate Canyon State Park and Jefferson County Open Space.