Denver Recreational Trails "Best in Nation," According to "Parks and Recreation" Magazine

Denver is a great place to live as well as learn. Not that this needed to be confirmed, but recently the city's trail system was recognized as the best in the U.S. by Parks and Recreation Magazine, the official publication of the National Recreation and Park Association.

According to the magazine: "Basically, anything you want to do, you can accomplish with a pair of walking shoes, a bike, or skates. This makes Denver a hiker and biker's dream come true, a fact not wasted on its physically fit residents."

(As a footnote, DU has our own "connection" of sorts with the association (although this had nothing to do with the honor Denver received).  Ashley Futrell, the association's Senior Public Policy Manager, is the daughter of Donna Hughes, a member of DU's faculty support staff.  While I do not know Ashley, I do know her mom and she's one of the most helpful individuals at the law school.  Donna typifies the friendly environment that graduate students find at DU.  And she's promised to have Ashley come visit our program next time she's in Denver.)

Many of our students (to say nothing of our professors, staff, and friends of the program) enjoy the outdoor-oriented life in Denver. Frequently on Monday mornings I hear students tell of bike trips, hikes, as well as skiing and rafting in the mountains just west of Denver. And I have more than a few stories of my own outings in the mountains. Perhaps this is why studying about the relationship between natural resources and the environment is so profoundly important at DU.

To find out more about recreation in Denver, click here.

By the way, the picture in this blog was taken recently from the Cherry Creek bike path that winds its way along Cherry Creek from the southeast part of the Denver metro area to downtown. I bike this path frequently.