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Denver’s newest, biggest city park is a strip of land along DIA’s Peña Boulevard

Denver Parks & Rec hopes to build out the trail system there in coming years

Pena Boulevard borders lands now managed by Denver Parks & Recreation along Denver International Airport's borders. Pictured here on April 15, 2020, in Denver, (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Pena Boulevard borders lands now managed by Denver Parks & Recreation along Denver International Airport’s borders. Pictured here on April 15, 2020, in Denver, (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
John Wenzel, The Denver Post arts and entertainment reporter, in Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | jwenzel@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Scott Gilmore used to sneak into Rocky Mountain National Arsenal back when it was one of the most polluted patches of land in the country. Now he's connecting it to Denver parks.
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