Summit Lake Park
Summit Lake Park | ||
MPS Denver Mountain Parks MPS | | |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000110 [1] | |
|---|---|---|
| Designated | April 1965 | |
| CSRHP No. | 5CC.645 | |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1995 | |
Summit Lake Park is a
Denver, Colorado. The park is 160 acres (0.65 km²) in size and contains alpine tundra. Land to the east of the lake is in a state of permafrost which helps to prevent drainage of the area.[2] During the summer, the park is filled with wildflowers, some of which have not been found anywhere else outside of the Arctic Circle.[3] The park is named after Summit Lake, the headwaters of Bear Creek
.
Summit Lake
Summit Lake is a
USGS reported that Summit Lake was the highest lake in Colorado, at 12,740 feet.[6] Later secondary sources occasionally report it as the highest lake in the United States.[7]
The land was acquired by Denver in 1924 and incorporated into the Denver Mountain Parks system.[3] It was declared a National Natural Landmark in April, 1965.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "Driving and Watching for Alpine Wildlife - On Mount Blue Sky". June 14, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
- ^ a b The City and County of Denver. "Denver Mountain Parks - Summit Lake Park". Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ Summit Lake on The National Map Viewer Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine from the USGS.
- ^ Carl Drews, The Highest Lake in the United States of America, 2004.
- ^ R. B. Marshall, Appendix B, Secondary Elevations, Results of Spirit Leveling in Colorado, 1896 to 1914, Inclusive, Bulletin 565, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, 1915; page 186.
- ^ Michael Martin and Leonard Gelber, Colorado,Dictionary of American History, Philosophical Library, 1978; page 132.
- ^ "National Natural Landmark summary". National Park Service. February 5, 2004. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
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