Bear Creek Greenbelt

Bear Creek Greenbelt is a park in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,404 feet. Bear Creek Greenbelt is situated nearby to the locality Lakewood, as well as near the neighborhood Provincetown Landing II.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood and Kennedy High School.

Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood

Prison

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The Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood is situated 1½ miles south of Bear Creek Greenbelt.

Kennedy High School

School

John F. Kennedy High School is a public secondary school located in the Bear Valley neighborhood on the southwest side of Denver, Colorado, United States.

Colorado Academy

School

Colorado Academy is an independent nonsectarian, co-educational, college preparatory day school for students from Pre-Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. Colorado Academy is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bear Creek Greenbelt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakewood and Bow Mar.

Lakewood

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Lakewood is a city of about 160,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies in Jefferson County, immediately west of Denver and east of the Front Range foothills.

Bow Mar

Town

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Bow Mar is a statutory town located in Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The town population was 853 at the 2020 United States census with 587 residing in Arapahoe County and 266 residing in Jefferson County. Bow Mar is situated 3½ miles southeast of Bear Creek Greenbelt.

Sheridan

Town

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The City of Sheridan is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Sheridan is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,105 at the 2020 census. Sheridan is situated 4 miles east of Bear Creek Greenbelt.

Bear Creek Greenbelt

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.66494° or 39° 39′ 54″ north

Longitude

-105.09392° or 105° 5′ 38″ west

Elevation

5,404 feet (1,647 metres)

Open location code

85FPMW74+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358949099

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6348053

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