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This art studio offers classes in which an artist will
show you, step by step, how to create your own painting. You
can follow the artist closely or branch out creatively! This
is a fun activity to do with friends. The studio provides
wine or soft drinks and snacks as you paint.
Address: 1299 Washington Avenue
Phone: 303-862-5426
Website:
www.artonthebrix.com
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The City and County of Denver maintain a herd of
"buffalo" which are descendants of wild bison found in
Yellowstone National Park in 1914. A tunnel under the
highway connects the two parts of their pasture, so they may
not be immediately visible. The Overlook is worth a visit in
any case because it is beautiful, with breathtaking views of
the Continental Divide.
Address: I-70 West, exit 254 (Genesee Park)
Distance from Downtown: 10.3 miles
Drive Time: 18 minutes
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Two blocks east of the downtown shopping district is the
starting point for touring the world's largest brewery. Tour
vans collect visitors at the parking lot, take them on a
brief drive through downtown, then over to the Brewery.
The tour includes a brief history of the business, an
explanation of the brewing process, a chance to see the beer
being made, and a trip to the Coors hospitality room, where
visitors of legal drinking age can sample Coors products for
free!
Tour Hours
May 30-Labor Day
Monday-Sat 10-4
Sunday 12-4
The Rest of the Year
Thursday - Monday 10-4
Sunday 12-4
Closed on holidays.
Address: 13th and Ford Streets
Phone: 303-277-2337
Website:
http://www.coors.com/agegate/
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The Farmers Market runs on Saturday mornings from June
through the first weekend in October, just north of Clear
Creek at Illinois Street. You can buy locally prepared food,
produce and meat, so come for breakfast, stay for lunch,
take a carriage ride, and watch the kayakers in Clear Creek.
Location: 10th & Illinois Streets -
Downtown
Phone: 303-279-3113
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One (steep!) block south of the shopping district is the
Foothills Art Center. Foothills is a highly-respected
gallery with juried exhibits that rotate throughout the
year. They also offer classes and lectures. From
mid-November until New Years Eve each year they host a
holiday art market which offers great, unique arts and
crafts. Their gift shop is open year-round.
Address: 809 15th Street
Phone: 303-279-3922
Website:
www.foothillsartcenter.org
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Fossil Trace has won course design awards and offers
breath-taking scenery. The club house offers a good bar and
restaurant as well as a pro shop.
Address: 3050 Illinois Street
Distance from Downtown: 3.1 miles
Drive Time: 10 minutes
Phone: 303-277-8750
Website:
www.fossiltrace.com
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Golden Bowl is a classic, built in the 1950s and brimming
with retro charm. The alleys are in good shape and the
bowling and the beer are both inexpensive! Rosie's Diner, a
new restaurant inside, serves Italian, Mexican, and American
entrées along with a full bar.
Address: 525 24th Street
Distance from Downtown: 1.3 miles
Drive Time: 5 minutes
Phone: 303-279-7846
Website:
www.goldenbowl300club.com
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Many Golden people regard the Golden City Brewery (which
bills itself as "the second largest brewery in Golden) as
one of our finest attractions. A visit to the brewery is
always interesting. The indoor seating area is tiny, so most
of the patrons sit outside in the beer garden—in all types
of weather! Their beer is exceptional, and justifiably
popular. You can drink it there, by the pint or pitcher, or
you can take home 28 ounce bottles or a refillable half
gallon “growler.”
Address: 920 12th Street - Downtown
Phone: 303-279-8092
Website:
www.gcbrewery.com
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Golden Fiber Arts Studio, located off Miners Alley behind
the Golden Quilt Company, offers classes in quilting, silk
painting, fabric dying, and various sewing projects.
Address: 1105 Miners Alley - Downtown
Phone: 720-524-4822
Website:
www.goldenfiberarts.com
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The Golden Library offers many free programs every week,
designed for toddlers, children, teens, or adults. They host
a monthly book discussion and host story times for little
ones. Of course, the Library is also a good place to use the
internet for free, read their magazines, and borrow free
books and videos.
Address: 1019 10th Street - Downtown
Phone: 303-2235-5275
Website:
jefferson.lib.co.us
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 The Alpine Slide is fun for older kids and adults. A
chair lift transports riders 490 feet to the top of a
mountain where they can slide to the bottom on a plastic
sled. They have two tracks, so you can choose the faster or
slower path.
303-279-1661
Address: 18301 W. Colfax Avenue
Distance from Downtown: 3.4 miles
Drive Time: 8 minutes
Phone: 303-279-1661
Website:
www.heritagesquarealpineslide.com
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Heritage Square activities include go kart tracks, bumper
and paddle boats, miniature golf, amusement rides, ponies,
and fishing. They also have a maze, jumping castles, and
bungee jumping.
Address: 18301 W. Colfax Avenue
Distance from Downtown: 3.4 miles
Drive Time: 8 minutes
Phone: 303-277-0040
Website:
www.heritagesquare.info
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The Heritage Square Music Hall troupe put on some really
funny plays, and they are amazing vocalists. The ensemble
cast appears in all of their plays, so it's easy to learn to
recognize the actors. They also have a children's theater
with performances on Saturday afternoons. 303-279-7800.
Address: 18301 W. Colfax Avenue
Distance from Downtown: 3.4 miles
Drive Time: 8 minutes
Phone: 303-279-7800
Website:
www.hsmusichall.com
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The County Fairgrounds hosts equestrian events
year-round, including several rodeos. A youth organization
called the Westernaires practices there every Saturday as
well as summer evenings. The group includes 1000 youth
participants and is well worth seeing!
303-271-6600
Address: 15200 W. 6th Ave.
Distance from Downtown: 5 miles
Drive Time: 15 minutes
Phone: 303-271-6600
Website:
www.co.jefferson.co.us/fair
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Head west on Golden's 19th Street to take the Lariat Loop
up Lookout Mountain and Mount Zion. The drive offers several
pull-offs to allow you to enjoy the breath-taking view of
Golden, the Table Mountains, Denver, and the eastern plains
beyond. The hairpin turns may be a bit alarming if you’re
not used to mountain roads, so drive carefully.
Address: Start at 19th and Highway 6
Distance from Downtown: 40 miles round trip
Drive Time: 2 hours
Website:
www.lariatloop.org
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The Lookout Mountain Nature Center and Preserve is well
worth visiting. Located just above the city on Lookout
Mountain, they have a beautiful facility, built largely of
recycled materials. Exhibits cover migrating birds and
information about the ponderosa pine forest. The center sits
on a 110-acre property that includes several nature trails.
Address: 910 Colorow Road
Distance from Downtown: 7.1 miles
Drive Time: 16 minutes
Phone: 720-497-7600
Website: lmnc.jeffco.us
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Miners Alley Playhouse produces both comedies and drama.
It seats 125, so every seat is close to the stage, and the
performances are uniformly first-rate. They have a bar in
the lobby, and you’re welcome to take your drink with you
into the theater. There are many restaurants within a block
or two of the theater. Check the web site or lobby posters
to see what's currently on stage.
Address: 13th & Washington, 2nd floor - Downtown
Drive Time: 16 minutes
Phone: 303-935-3044
Website: www.minersalley.com
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It is rumored that Golden has the highest number of
museums per capita in the State. Whether or not that’s
accurate, we do have an impressive collection, appealing to
rock hounds, history buffs, quilters, climbers, and art
aficionados. Click on the museums listed below
to learn more about them.
All of the following museums are within easy walking
distance of Downtown.
These museums are less than fifteen minutes from Downtown
Golden by car:
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This building, although situated in the middle of the
campus, is not part of the School of Mines. It belongs to
the U.S. Geological Survey and is dedicated to tracking and
studying earthquakes around the world. Public tours are
free, but offered only on Mondays and Tuesdays and only by
appointment. Call 303-273-8420 to schedule a tour.
Address: 1711 Illinois Street - Colorado School of
Mines Campus
Website:
earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic
Phone: 303-273-8420
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Golden is fortunate to be the home of the National
Renewable Energy Lab. Founded in the 1970s by the Carter
administration, NREL has been working on solar, wind,
biomass, and other forms of sustainable energy for more than
30 years. Many of the technologies they developed have gone
from egghead stuff in a lab to availability in your local
hardware store! Their Visitors' Center is a good place to
learn about current and future technology.
Address: 15013 Denver West Parkway
Distance from Downtown: 5.3 miles
Drive Time: 16 minute
Website: www.nrel.gov/visitors_center
Phone: 303-384-6565
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Vanover Park – Clear Creek at Ford Street
This is a quiet park with a great view of the Coors
Brewery. When the water is low and calm, it’s a popular
spot for wading. (Wade at your own risk—there are no
lifeguards on Clear Creek!)
The park is named after Edgar Vanover who was hanged
in the park, back in Golden’s very early days. The story
goes that he was drunk, shooting a gun, and promising to
kill someone before the day was done. There was no jail
and there were no law officers in Golden at the time, so
the assembled crowd decided it would be best to hang him
before he could make good on his promise.
Parfet Park – Clear Creek at Washington Avenue
Just across the bridge from the downtown shopping
area, Parfet Park is a great place to bring a sandwich
and enjoy the trees, the mountains, and the creek. On
some summer evenings a medieval re-enactment group meets
there, and the park is full of flashing rapiers. Young
children love the dragon statue and the spiral slide
that drops down from the park to the walking path along
Clear Creek. The Creek can be fast and dangerous, so be
sure the kids have plenty of supervision.
Clear Creek History Park - Arapahoe and 11th
Street
The CCHP gives a glimpse of mountain homestead life.
Comprised of nearly a dozen historic structures
relocated from a ranch in Golden Gate Canyon, the
three-acre history park is situated picturesquely on the
south bank of Clear Creek. Today, visitors can explore
the historic structures, visit with the heirloom breed
chickens, and enjoy historic demonstrations during
special events. A number of Golden-area residents
attended school in the one room Guy Hill School House.
The Reynolds cabin, root cellar, blacksmith shop, and
chicken coops are all relics of pioneer times.
Clear Creek History Park
The Park is free and open to the public.
303-278-3557
www.goldenhistory.org/visit/cchp/
Lions Park - West End of 10th Street
Lions Park offers tennis courts, baseball diamonds,
a good playground, picnic tables, and big shade trees.
Clear Creek Whitewater Park - West End of 10th
Street
The kayak park extends for about a quarter of a mile
and includes sections for various levels of experience.
It offers fast eddies, surf waves, and wave drops. There
are no fees for using the course, which is unsupervised.
The course is most popular for kayaking in spring and
early summer, when the water is high and fast. In the
late summer and early fall many people like to bring
tubes to the Creek and float down.
“Golden Mile” Fly Fishing Area
The section of Clear Creek that’s west of the
Whitewater Park offers good trout habitat and is popular
with local fly fishing fans.
Golden River Sports rents kayaking and fly fishing
equipment. They also sell inner tubes and they give fly
fishing lessons.
806 Washington Ave., 303-215-9386
Community Center - 1470 10th Street
The Golden Community Center, located at the west end
of 10th Street, is a beautiful facility, with a
recreation pool (including slides for the kids) and a
lap pool, rock-climbing wall, gym, indoor track, dance
studio, and a weight room with weight machines, free
weights, stationary bikes, and treadmills. The facility
is open to the public. 303-384-8100.
www.cityofgolden.net
Golden Community Garden – 8th St., east of The
Briarwood, or 10th St., west of the Community Center
The Golden Community Garden was created in 2009 by
the City and a group of dedicated volunteers. The
Garden, which is located on City property near the
Golden Community Center, can be accessed from either 8th
or 10th Street via pedestrian gates (there is a 3rd
entrance to the west end of the garden from the walking
path).
The goal of the Community Garden is to provide space
for members of Golden’s community to grow organic
fruits, vegetables, and flowers while also providing a
green space for all Golden residents and visitors to
enjoy. Golden residents lease plots on an annual basis
and contribute volunteer effort to help maintain the
community resource. In 2011, members constructed a
labyrinth and planted a small orchard. The Golden
Community Garden is open to the public. Additional
information, including a map is available at
www.goldencommunitygarden.org.
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Pine Cliff Stables offers horseback rides that give you
scenic views without having to travel far into the Rockies.
Located north of Golden.
Address: 21517 W. 56th Ave.
Distance from Downtown: 4.3 miles
Drive Time: 12 minutes
Website:
pinecliffstables.netfirms.com
Phone: 303-279-1221
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