Bear Creek Lake Park
Bear Creek Lake Park is a park in Jefferson, Colorado which is located on West Morrison Road and has an elevation of 5,568 feet. Bear Creek Lake Park is situated nearby to the locality Lakewood, as well as near Rooney Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours:
March—April and October: 7:00 AM—8:00 PM
May—September: 6:00 AM—10:00 PM
November—February: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM - Email: bclp@lakewood.org
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Bear Creek State Park”
- Address: 15600 West Morrison Road, CO 80228
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morrison Natural History Museum and Bandimere Speedway.
Morrison Natural History Museum
Museum
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The Morrison Natural History Museum is a natural history museum located in Morrison, Colorado. The exhibits include several dinosaur fossils that were found nearby. Morrison Natural History Museum is situated 2 miles west of Bear Creek Lake Park.
Bandimere Speedway
Photo: BUTTON74, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado. Bandimere Speedway is situated 2 miles northwest of Bear Creek Lake Park.
D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School
School building
David S. D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is a public secondary school near Lakewood, Colorado, United States. It is included in the Jefferson County R-1 public school district. D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is situated 2½ miles east of Bear Creek Lake Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morrison and Idledale.
Morrison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.
Idledale
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 5 miles west of Bear Creek Lake Park.
East Pleasant View
Locality
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East Pleasant View is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. East Pleasant View is situated 5 miles north of Bear Creek Lake Park.
Bear Creek Lake Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.65146° or 39° 39′ 5″ northLongitude
-105.1561° or 105° 9′ 22″ westElevation
5,568 feet (1,697 metres)Operator
LakewoodOpen location code
85FPMR2V+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 42167995OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
6348054
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