Ralston Creek

Ralston Creek is a tributary of Clear Creek, approximately 32 miles long, in central Colorado in the United States. It drains a suburban and urban area of the northwestern Denver Metropolitan Area.

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include 60th & Sheridan/Arvada Gold Strike station and Lakeside Amusement Park.

60th & Sheridan/Arvada Gold Strike station

Railway station

Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0.

60th & Sheridan–Arvada Gold Strike station is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station on the G Line in Arvada, Colorado. The station opened on April 26, 2019, along with the rest of the G Line.

Lakeside Amusement Park

Theme park

Lakeside Amusement Park is a family-owned amusement park in Lakeside, Colorado. Opened in 1908, it is the oldest amusement park in Colorado still operating in its original location, and is the last remaining White City-style park in the United States.

Lake Rhoda

Lake

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Rhoda is a natural lake in the town of Lakeside, Colorado, located between Interstate 70 and West 44th Avenue. Originally named West Berkeley Lake, it was renamed for Rhoda Krasner by her father, Ben Krasner, who rescued Lakeside Amusement Park from bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Regis and Lakeside.

Regis

Suburb

Regis is a neighborhood in Denver. Located in North Denver, its boundaries are Harlan Street to the west, Clear Creek to the northwest, 52nd Avenue and the northern border of the Regis University campus to the north, Federal Boulevard to the east, and highway I-70 to the south.

Lakeside

Village

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Town of Lakeside is a statutory town in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 16 at the 2020 United States census, making Lakeside the least populous municipality in Colorado.

Arvada

Photo: UltraSparky, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arvada is a city of about 125,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. A former farming community in Jefferson and Adams counties, the city is now a residential suburb of Denver.

Ralston Creek

Type: Stream
Description: tributary of Clear Creek in central Colorado, United States
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Gilpin, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

39.79804° or 39° 47′ 53″ north

Longitude

-105.05415° or 105° 3′ 15″ west

Elevation

5,249 feet (1,600 metres)

Open location code

85FPQWXW+68

GeoNames ID

5435745

Wikidata ID

Q3418317

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Ralston Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Ralston Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Ralston Creek”
Cebuano: “Ralston Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado, Gilpin County)”
Cebuano: “Ralston Creek”
Dutch: “Ralston Creek”
French: “Ralston Creek”
Slovenian: “Ralston Creek”
Venetian: “Ralston”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Ralston Creek”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wellington Downs and Tennyson Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lewis Ralston Gold Site Park and Cooley Sand and Gravel Company Pit.

Colorado: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, and Aurora.

Curious Streams to Discover

Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.