Plum Creek Picnic Area
Plum Creek Picnic Area is a picnic site in Douglas, Colorado. Plum Creek Picnic Area is situated nearby to the ranger station Plumb Creek Entrance Station, as well as near I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chatfield Lake and Chatfield State Park.
Chatfield Lake
Reservoir
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Chatfield Dam and Reservoir is a dam and artificial lake located on the South Platte River, south of Littleton, Colorado. The dam and reservoir were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a response to the disastrous flood of 1965.
Chatfield State Park
Park
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Chatfield State Park is a state park located in Douglas and Jefferson counties of Colorado, United States. The park centers on Chatfield Reservoir, a 1,423 acre surface area lake fed by the South Platte River and two other creeks, including Plum Creek.
ThunderRidge High School
School
ThunderRidge High School is an International Baccalaureate public high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. It is part of the Douglas County School District. It was established in 1996 and has approximately 1820 students as of August 2025. ThunderRidge High School is situated 2½ miles east of Plum Creek Picnic Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highlands Ranch and Sterling Ranch.
Highlands Ranch
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Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community of about 105,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The residential suburb lies south of Denver in Douglas County.
Sterling Ranch
Village
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Sterling Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,789 at the 2020 census. Sterling Ranch is situated 3½ miles south of Plum Creek Picnic Area.
Columbine
Suburb
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Columbine is a census-designated place in and governed by Jefferson and Arapahoe counties in Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver metropolitan area. Columbine is situated 3½ miles north of Plum Creek Picnic Area.
Plum Creek Picnic Area
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: Douglas, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.53863° or 39° 32′ 19″ northLongitude
-105.05429° or 105° 3′ 15″ westOpen location code
85FPGWQW+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1290334476OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=picnic_site
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Highlights include Plumb Creek Entrance Station and I.
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