Picnic Permits are issued for a private gathering at any of 60 metro or 11 mountain parks picnic sites. Denver park picnic sites are ideal for family occasions, corporate picnics, or any other invitation-only function.
Site capacities vary from 25 to 300 people; however, all groups over 25 people are required to have a permit or to reserve the site for the permit holder’s exclusive use. Insurance is required if the picnic is for more than 100 people.
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Sheltered Picnic Sites
|
Park
|
Location
|
Capacity
|
Tables
|
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51st & Zuni
|
51st & Wyandot St
|
75
|
3
|
|
Barnum
|
4th &Julian St
|
100
|
10
|
|
Bear Creek
|
Hampden & Raleigh
|
100
|
10
|
|
Bear Creek #2
|
Near Playground
|
45
|
2
|
|
Bear Valley
|
Dartmouth & Teller
|
45
|
4
|
|
Berkeley
|
47th & Tennyson
|
150
|
13
|
|
City of Axum North
|
32nd & Cherry St
|
45
|
4
|
|
City of Axum South
|
32nd & Cherry St
|
45
|
4
|
|
Congress
|
8th & Josephine
|
100
|
5
|
|
Cook #1
|
Monaco Pwy & Mexico
|
125
|
8
|
|
Cook #2
|
Monaco Pkwy & Ch Crk Dr
|
50
|
6
|
|
Cuernavaca
|
20th & Platte St
|
150
|
9
|
|
Eastmoor
|
Monaco Pkwy & Princeton
|
50
|
3
|
|
Eisenhower
|
Colo Blvd & Dartmouth
|
100
|
10
|
|
Fred Thomas: #1
|
26th & Quebec St
|
100
|
10
|
|
Fred Thomas: #2
|
23th & Syracuse
|
50
|
3
|
|
Green Valley E.
|
48th & Jebel (by Tennis Court)
|
45
|
4
|
|
Green Valley E.
|
48th & Jebel (by Swimming Pool)
|
45
|
4
|
|
Green Valley #27
|
42nd & Lisbon
|
50
|
4
|
|
Jefferson Park
|
23rd & Clay
|
50
|
4
|
|
Lincoln
|
11th & Mariposa
|
75
|
4
|
|
Loretto Heights
|
Lowell & Amherst
|
75
|
7
|
|
Lowry Great Lawn North
|
Lowry Blvd. & Yosemite
|
45
|
4
|
|
Lowry Great Lawn South
|
Lowry Blvd. & Yosemite (near Playground)
|
45
|
4
|
|
Rosamond
|
Tamarac Dr & S Syracuse
|
50
|
4
|
|
Ruby Hill
|
Florida & So Platte Rv Dr
|
100
|
6
|
|
Silverman
|
Andrews & Titan Ct
|
125
|
8
|
|
Sloan’s Lake
|
17th & Sheridan
|
50
|
10
|
|
Stapleton Central Park
|
E. Martin Luther King Blvd. & Beeler St
|
100
|
12
|
|
Village Place
|
Anaheim Ct & Albrook Dr
|
75
|
4
|
|
Fuller-Shelter
|
26th & Gilpin
|
100
|
4
|
|
Greenway Stapleton
|
24th & Spruce
|
45
|
5
|
| Standard Picnic Sites |
|
Park Name
|
Location
|
Capacity
|
Tables
|
|
51st & Zuni
|
52nd & Zuni
|
75
|
4
|
|
Alamo Placita
|
3rd & Emerson
|
100
|
5
|
|
Ceasar Chavez
|
41st & Tennyson
|
50
|
2
|
|
Berkeley
|
47th & Tennyson
|
75
|
6
|
|
Bible
|
Yale & Newport
|
100
|
5
|
|
Cheesman
|
11th & Franklin
|
75
|
4
|
|
City Park: Site 1*
|
17th & York (Thatcher Fountain)
|
100
|
8
|
|
City Park: Site 2*
|
17th & York (Dustin Redd Playground)
* City Park picnic sites are permitted after 2pm Sundays from mid May—September.
|
50
|
5
|
|
Cranmer
|
3rd & Bellaire
|
50
|
3
|
|
Crescent
|
7th & Rosyln
|
75
|
3
|
|
Crestmoor
|
Cedar & Locust
|
50
|
9
|
|
Eisenhower: #1
|
E Dartmouth & Bellaire St
|
75
|
5
|
|
Eisenhower: #2
|
E Dartmouth & So Birch St
|
75
|
8
|
|
Eisenhower: #3
|
E Highline Pl & So Dahlia
|
75
|
5
|
|
Garfield
|
Osceola & Arkansas
|
100
|
6
|
|
Garland: Site 1
|
Monaco & Chry Crk Dr
|
50
|
5
|
|
Garland: Site 2
|
Monaco & Chry Crk Dr
|
50
|
5
|
|
Green Valley W.
|
45th & Argonne
|
75
|
3
|
|
Hampden Heights
|
Boston Ct & Dartmouth
|
50
|
3
|
|
Harvey
|
Evans & Tennyson
|
100
|
5
|
|
Huston #1
|
Vallejo & Kentucky
|
75
|
5
|
|
Huston #2
|
Vallejo & W. Alys Place
|
75
|
3
|
|
Huston #3
|
Ohio & Vallejo
|
75
|
4
|
|
Park Name
|
Location
|
Capacity
|
Tables
|
|
Lindsley
|
12th & Cherry
|
75
|
6
|
|
Magna Carta
|
Colo Blvd & Hampden
|
100
|
4
|
|
Martin Luther King
|
38th & Newport
|
100
|
3
|
|
McNichols
|
17th & Syracuse
|
75
|
2
|
|
McWilliams
|
St Paul & Yale
|
50
|
2
|
|
Mestizo-Curtis
|
31st & Curtis
|
100
|
3
|
|
Montclair
|
12th & Oneida
|
100
|
6
|
|
Observatory
|
Fillmore & Warren
|
100
|
8
|
|
Pferdestellar
|
35th & Wolf
|
75
|
6
|
|
Pulaski
|
Steel & Bayaud
|
50
|
2
|
|
Robinson
|
3rd & Fairfax
|
50
|
2
|
|
Rocky Mountain
|
46th & Irving
|
75
|
9
|
|
Rosamond
|
Tamarac Dr & Quincy
|
100
|
4
|
|
Sloan’s Lake
|
26th & Vrain
|
75
|
10
|
|
Sunken Gardens
|
8th & Delaware
|
100
|
5
|
|
Washington: #1
|
Virginia & Franklin
|
60
|
5
|
|
Washington: #2
|
Downing & Exposition
|
100
|
8
|
|
Washington: #3
|
Mississippi & Franklin
|
150
|
10
|
|
Washington: #4
|
Kentucky & Franklin
|
50
|
4
|
|
Westwood
|
Wolf & Kentucky
|
50
|
2
|
| While most permits have fees, you can also visit these special picnic sites for free if you have under 25 guests and the site is not permitted by other guests. |
Mountain Park
Picnic Permits
|
|
Mountain Parks Sheltered Sites
|
Capacity
|
|
Bergen Park
|
35
|
|
Dedisse Park
|
50
|
|
Genesee Park
|
300
|
|
Newton-Juvenile Park
|
175
|
|
Newton-Commissioner Park
|
200
|
|
Newton-Stromberg Park
|
300
|
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Mountain Park
Standard Sites
(non-shelterd)
permitted May-Sept |
|
Morrison Park
|
35
|
|
O’Fallon Park permitted M-Th
|
25
|