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Mindy Sink wrote the first edition of Walking Denver and is also the author of Moon Handbooks Guide to Denver and a coauthor of Colorado Organic: Cooking Seasonally, Eating Locally. She has written extensively for The New York Times, and her work has also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Sunset Magazine, and many other well-known publications and websites. Mindy lives in Denver with her husband and their daughter-whose school is, of course, within walking distance from their home. To learn more about Mindy, go to mindysink.com.

Sophie Seymour is in middle school and lives in the Highlands neighborhood (see Walks 8, 9, 10, and 11). In addition to urban walks, she enjoys running, skiing, writing, reading, and studying epidemiology.

Acknowledgments

Author's Note

Overview Map

Introduction

1. Capitol Hill


2. Civic Center Park and Golden Triangle


3. Art District on Santa Fe


4. Auraria Campus


5. LoDo


6. 16th Street Mall/Downtown


7. Platte River Valley


8. LoHi


9. Highlands Square


10. Sloan's Lake Park


11. Tennyson Street


12. Riverside Cemetery


13. RiNo


14. Five Points, Curtis Park, and San Rafael Historic Districts


15. Mile High Loop


16. Park Hill


17. Wyman Historic District and Uptown


18. Cheesman Park


19. Cherry Creek North and Country Club Historic District


20. Washington Park


21. SoBo and Baker Historic Neighborhood


22. Platt Park Neighborhood and South Pearl Street


23. University of Denver Campus


24. Arapahoe Acres


25. Downtown Littleton


26. Morrison and Bear Creek Lake Park


27. Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre


28. Dinosaur Ridge


29. Downtown Golden


30. Lookout Mountain Nature Center and Preserve


31. Fairmount Cemetery


32. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Appendix: Walks by Theme

Index

About the Author