Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Riding from Denver takes about 1½ hours; the Clear Creek Bike Trail will get you most
of the way along a clearly marked route.
BUS
RTD connects Golden with downtown Denver (at the corner of 15th and California Sts).
Fare $5.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
The easiest route from Denver is I-25 north to I-70, then I-70 to exit 265, from where you
can catch Hwy 58 west into town. From downtown Denver, Golden is about 16 miles.
TRAIN
The Light Rail W Line ($5) runs to the Jefferson County Government Building about 5
miles south of downtown Golden. The Community Call-n-Ride ($2.25) bus passes from
downtown to the light rail station every half hour.
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Denver Mountain Parks & Platte River
Morrison
POP 420 / ELEV 5764FT
Billing itself as 'the nearest faraway place,' little Morrison is a National Historic District
32 miles southwest of Denver on Hwy 8, hidden from the Denver skyline by the Hogback
rock formations. It echos the feel of some of Colorado's more remote mountain towns.
While the spectacular upturned red rocks on the banks of Bear Creek are an attractive es-
cape from Denver, most people visit Morrison either on the way to, or from, Red Rocks
Park & Amphitheater or to fuel up before climbing the big hills in the surrounding Jeffer-
son County Open Space Parks.
Sights & Activities
You'll see plenty of cyclists in the area; the smooth pavement and undulating terrain make
for excellent road biking. Excavations of what is called the Morrison Formation began in
1877 and have yielded fossils of more than 70 dinosaur species.
Dinosaur Ridge
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
