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E 64th Ave

East 56th Avenue

Green Valley Ranch Blvd 6th Avenue Street Argonne

Smith Road Havana Street Havana

43rd Ave Road Picadilly

Tower Road Tower 65.0 Blvd Colorado 48.0 The workers who built the High Line Canal more than a century ago didn’t envision that Colfax Avenue First Creek

47.5 Del Mar Dayton Street Dayton

people would be using their ambitious irrigation project as a recreational outlet in the Street Holly Windsor Park 59.0 25 51.0 Road Himalaya Lake 6th Avenue East 38th Ave High midst of a busy urban area. In fact, to the builders of the 71-mile High Line, the canal Norfolk 64.0 47.2 50.0 Glen Park

Yale Avenue 51.5 Open Space Green Valley Ranch 50.4 Road Chambers was solely a commercial idea to bring South water to settlers and farmers Wellshire Golf 49.8 63.0 Cherry Creek Trail

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following a gold rush in 1859 near the confluence of the South Platte and Cherry Creek. Course 37.0 Street Quebec 49.0 Eisenhower

Line Park 49.2 High Line 52.3 40.0 62.7 66.0

Parker Road 58.0 58.1

S Forest S Expo Park Park

S Monroe St Monroe S 39.0 Aurora Hills Golf Club

Although the canal has become an emerald strand of natural beauty through a bustling Trail Creek 60.0 East 32nd Parkway

Sand Creek Sand

52.8 Boulevard Airport

36.0 38.6 Westerly 62.0 Peoria Street Peoria Alameda Avenue metropolitan area, its original intent was to entice settlers headed west to stop, grow 37.8 57.2 E Jefferson Ave 37.2 40.5 Canal W Tollgate Creek

crops and create communities on the high plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Parkway Monoco 42.0 Mississippi Avenue 57.0 43.0 Iliff Avenue 46.0 53.0 E Tollgate Creek 61.0 38.1 53.3 35.5 37.9 Springhill

Golf Course Cherry Creek

Holly Street Holly 38.0 Trail While the High Line, which is owned and operated by Water, still supplies St Dahlia 56.0

Trail University Blvd University Three 41.0 Aurora farmers and other users, its adjacent service road has become a path for hikers, Ponds 35.0 Lee Gulch Trail Delaney Smith Road Cherry HillsPark Mall joggers, cyclists, equestrians, bird watchers and others who yearn for a slice of the Village Trails Farms Bible 43.5 54.0 70

26.7 Park Cherry Creek outdoors in the middle of a city. Blvd Sable Aurora 55.0 34.0 Hampden Avenue Golf Club Municipal 54.1

Map 34.5 45.0 Complex Windermere Caley Avenue Orchard Road 27.0 34.1 25 West

Cherry Hills 44.0 Village Trails Street Yosemite Ridge Road Tollgate 54.4 Little Dry Creek Quincy Ave Creek

26.3 Trails 85 Clarkson

map Legend 22.5 33.0 44.3

Big Dry Creek 32.5

Gulch Trail Gulch Lee 44.1 Chatfield 27.6 30.5 33.6 26.0 Cherry Creek High Line Canal Reservoir 18.7 19.0 Blackmer Writer’s 22.2 Commons 18.5 23.0 30.0 Trail C470 Vista 25.6 6.0 miles from start 21.0 22.1 Park DeKoevend Park Belleview Avenue Arapahoe RoadMilliken 23.8 28.0 22.0 Park

parking Blvd) Wadsworth (from Santa Fe Drive 19.2 32.0

McLellan Broadway 24.0 31.0 S Steele St Steele S

S Platte Canyon Rd Canyon Platte S Reservoir 18.2 25.0

trail access 19.4 29.5 12.3 St Holly 14.0 14.9 17.8 18.0 28.5 31.5 Carder Court 12.5 24.6 wheelchair access 17.7 The Streets at Greenwood 12.0 Southglenn Gulch Trail 15.0 Mineral Avenue19.7 20.0 Dry Creek Road Orchard Road 14.5 E Caley Ave trail interruption Highlands Ranch 29.0

Big Dry Creek Trail Creek Dry Big Little Dry bridge Blvd Colorado S Creek Trail Redstone13.0 Golf Club Lee Gulch Cherry bench Park Trail Knolls 11.2 County Line Park 16.0 picnic table 6.5 W Brandon

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11.0 Place Roxborough Park Rd Park Roxborough 17.0 restrooms Marcy Gulch Centennial 7.0 Dad Clark Bike Trail Gulch 0.0 Kassler Center 121 7.4 Creek Plum

Waterton Canyon 4.0 7.4 Chatfield Trail System Trail Chatfield 3.5

0.1 5.0 General facts: Range Rd Range Titan Rd

1.0 0.5 Platte Canyon Rampart 8.0 2.3 10.0 1.7 Reservoir 3.2 • Operation: Denver Water owns and operates the High Line Canal, but the trail is maintained by various recreation districts. 1.4 3.0 Waterton 9.8 2.0 • Distance: The trail stops at mile 66, but the canal used to extend 71 miles. A small portion at the beginsTrail Titan Road Rd end of the canal has since been filled in. There are mile markers along the trail.

9.0 Drive Fe Santa • Access: The trail is open to walking, jogging, cycling, and, in certain stretches, horses. 8.6

• Safety: The canal’s depth ranges from 2 to 7 feet deep with a strong current. Swimming, tubing, boating and other water activities are strictly prohibited. The public is urged to stay on the path and keep away from the facility’s pipes and headgates. Only authorized agencies are allowed to operate motorized vehicles on the trail. 85 • Grade: Generally, the canal is an easy, almost flat walk, dropping 2 feet each mile. 71.0

Cover card pastes E 64th Ave on this panel

East 56th Avenue

Green Valley Ranch Blvd 6th Avenue Street Argonne

Smith Road Havana Street Havana

43rd Ave Road Picadilly

Tower Road Tower 65.0 Colorado Blvd Colorado 48.0 Colfax Avenue First Creek

47.5 Del Mar Dayton Street Dayton

Holly Street Holly Windsor Park 59.0 25 51.0 Road Himalaya Lake 6th Avenue East 38th Ave Norfolk 64.0 47.2 50.0 Glen Park

Yale Avenue 51.5 Open Space Green Valley Ranch 50.4 Road Chambers Wellshire Golf 49.8 63.0 Cherry Creek Trail

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Course 37.0 Street Quebec 49.0

Eisenhower Park 49.2 High Line 52.3 40.0 62.7 66.0

Parker Road 58.0 58.1

S Forest S Expo Park Park

S Monroe St Monroe S 39.0 Aurora Hills Golf Club

Creek Trail Creek 60.0 East 32nd Parkway

Sand Creek Sand

52.8 Boulevard Airport

36.0 38.6 Westerly 62.0 37.8 Street Peoria Alameda Avenue 57.2 E Jefferson Ave 37.2 40.5

W Tollgate Creek Monoco Parkway Monoco 42.0 Mississippi Avenue 57.0 43.0 Iliff Avenue 46.0 53.0 E Tollgate Creek 61.0 38.1 53.3 35.5 37.9 Springhill

Golf Course Cherry Creek

Holly Street Holly 38.0 Dahlia St Dahlia 56.0

Trail University Blvd University Three 41.0 Aurora Ponds 35.0 Lee Gulch Trail Delaney Smith Road Cherry HillsPark Mall Village Trails Farms Bible 43.5 54.0 70

26.7 Park Cherry Creek Sable Blvd Sable Aurora 55.0 34.0 Hampden Avenue Golf Club Municipal 54.1

34.5 45.0 Complex Windermere Caley Avenue Orchard Road © 2011 Denver Water 27.0 34.1 25 West

Cherry Hills 44.0 Village Trails Street Yosemite Ridge Road Tollgate 54.4 Little Dry Creek Quincy Ave Creek

26.3 Trails 85 Clarkson 22.5 33.0 44.3

Big Dry Creek 32.5

Gulch Trail Gulch Lee 44.1 Chatfield 27.6 30.5 33.6 26.0 Cherry Creek Reservoir 18.7 19.0 Blackmer Published by Denver Water, 2011 Writer’s 22.2 Commons map Legend 18.5 23.0 30.0 Trail C470 Vista 25.6 21.0 22.1 Park DeKoevend Park Belleview Avenue Arapahoe RoadMilliken 23.8 28.0 Editors: 22.0 Park

(from Wadsworth Blvd) Wadsworth (from Santa Fe Drive 19.2 32.0 High Line Canal Sabrina Hall and Ann Baker,

McLellan Broadway 24.0 31.0 S Steele St Steele S

S Platte Canyon Rd Canyon Platte S Reservoir 18.2 25.0 6.0 miles from start Denver Water Community Relations

19.4 29.5 12.3 St Holly 14.0 14.9 17.8 18.0 28.5 31.5 parking Photography: Carder Court 12.5 24.6 17.7 The Streets at Greenwood 12.0 Southglenn Gulch Trail Ann Baker, For more information, visit 15.0 Mineral Avenue19.7 20.0 Dry Creek Road Orchard Road trail access 14.5 E Caley Ave Denver Water Community Relations

Highlands Ranch 29.0 Big Dry Creek Trail Creek Dry Big wheelchair access www.denverwater.org/

Little Dry Back card pastes S Colorado Blvd Colorado S Creek Trail Redstone13.0 Golf Club Lee Gulch Tim O’Hara, Cherry on this panel Tim O’Hara Photography Park Trail Knolls trail interruption RecreationHighLineCanal. 11.2 County Line Park 16.0 6.5 W Brandon bridge 6.0 Road Graphic Design:

11.0 Place Roxborough Park Rd Park Roxborough 17.0 bench TaCito Design, Inc. Marcy Gulch

Centennial picnic table 7.0 Dad Clark Bike Trail Maps: Gulch restrooms Denver Water GIS & Recreation 0.0 Kassler

Plum Creek Plum TaCito Design, Inc. Center 121 7.4

Waterton Canyon 4.0 7.4 Chatfield Trail System Trail Chatfield 3.5

0.1 5.0 Range Rd Range Titan Rd

1.0 0.5 Platte Canyon Rampart 8.0 2.3 10.0 1.7 Reservoir 3.2

1.4 3.0 9.8 2.0 Waterton beginsTrail Titan Road Rd

9.0 Drive Fe Santa 8.6

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