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Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
Categories: Parks, Public Services & Government [Edit]
56th and Havana StDenver, CO 80238
(303) 289-0232
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2 reviews for Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
I went Sunday on the wildlife tour and thought it was fantastic. They do not guarantee widlife sightings but we got within 10 feet of 26 bison. It is open to the public and free to get in to. You need to make reservations for the tours.
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Twenty years ago, this former chemical weapons manufacturing facility, just east of Denver, was hardly an ideal habitat for wildlife, but when military production ceased in 1982, and a massive environmental clean-up effort ensued in 1987, the 17,000-acres of open prairie land morphed into a bona fide wildlife sanctuary. Today, the Refuge boasts woodlands and wetlands, catch-and-release lake fishing, hiking trails, interactive exhibits, and animals at every twist and turn. Mule deer roam through the swells of shortgrass, bald eagles nest in the towering trees, white pelicans forge for fish, and burrowing owls spend their summer raising their young. You can explore the area by foot, or reserve a space on the two-hour, open-air trolley-tram tour, which takes visitors on a 10-mile loop through the Refuge.
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