Chauche and I are using these last few days of nice weather to get some hikes in before the weather turns. Mount Falcon has a lookout tower, great views of Denver, Red Rocks, and of course the
mountains. It also has the ruins of a mansion and the ruins of what was supposed to be the "Summer White House of the West". (more on that later)
The views were spectacular
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| Red Rocks |
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| Downtown Denver in the distance |
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| View of Downtown Denver from the Lookout tower |
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| The lookout tower |
The park was given to Jefferson County, CO by a man named John Walker . He was a magazine publisher that made a bunch of money and he bought the land that Mount Falcon is on and then built a home in 1909 atop Mt. Falcon. Soon after it was completed the house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. He rebuilt it and it was struck the second time by lightening so he gave up on having a home on that location in 1918.
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| Ruins of the mansion that burned down |
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| Ruins of the Mansion that burned down |
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| The views from this spot are spectacular |
Soon after he gave up on his own home he attempted
to build a summer White House for the President around 1911 on another site on Mount Falcon. When his
attempts to raise money failed, the project was
abandoned but the cornerstone is still there.
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