Paco Sanchez Park
West Colfax, Denver, CO
Honors Paco Sanchez, the broadcaster who started Denver's first Latino radio station.
- Size: 30 acres
- Opened: 1958
- Run by: Denver Parks & Recreation
- Ages 1 to 18+
- Scenery: Beautiful. Designed landscape, shade trees and hilly terrain
Highlights
- Zip line: A zip line in the play pods
- Play tower: The 30-foot Mic Tower
- Splash pad: Daily, Memorial Day to Labor Day
- Music theme: A giant microphone play tower
What's here
- Restrooms: Heated restroom building
- Parking lot
- Picnic tables
- Shade: Huge trees, plus cover under the bridge
- Night lighting: Lit courts
- Trash & recycling
- Bus or rail nearby: Knox, 1 min walk
- Playground: Rebuilt in 2020
- Slide: Spiral slide inside the tower
- Water play
- Climbing/bouldering: Net climbers inside the microphone
- Benches
- Basketball: 2 courts
- Bike path: On the Lakewood Gulch
- Bike parking: Racks for about 15 bikes
- Skate park: Built in 2020
- Bridge
- Trails
- Paved paths
- Hiking trails
- Open field
- Kite-friendly
- Dog park: Fenced pop-up, 0.7 acres, shaded
Getting there
1290 N Knox Ct, Denver, CO 80204
Nearest transit: Decatur Federal Gate H (bus), Knox Court & West 12th Avenue (bus) and Knox (rail)