Sandhofer Open Space
Sandhofer Open Space is a park in Adams, Colorado. Sandhofer Open Space is situated nearby to the sports venue Eminence Barbell Club, as well as near the quarry Northwestern Engineering Company Pit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Original Thornton/88th station and Water World.
Original Thornton/88th station
Railway station
Original Thornton/88th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Thornton, Colorado. It is located north of 88th Avenue and west of Welby Road; a section of Welby was moved 1⁄4 mile to a new alignment linear with Steele Street. Original Thornton/88th station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sandhofer Open Space.
Water World
Water park
Photo: Jojodalton, Public domain.
Water World is a water park that is owned and operated by the Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District and located in Federal Heights, Colorado, roughly 10 miles north of downtown Denver, Colorado. Water World is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sandhofer Open Space.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Cherokee Generating Station is situated 2½ miles south of Sandhofer Open Space.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherrelwood and Twin Lakes.
Sherrelwood
Hamlet
Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sherrelwood is situated 1½ miles west of Sandhofer Open Space.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States]. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Twin Lakes is situated 2 miles southwest of Sandhofer Open Space.
Thornton
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thornton is a city of about 144,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies northwest of Denver in Adams and Weld counties.
Sandhofer Open Space
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.83993° or 39° 50′ 24″ northLongitude
-104.97369° or 104° 58′ 25″ westOpen location code
85FQR2QG+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1552609445OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eminence Barbell Club and Northwestern Engineering Company Pit.
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