- City:
- Boulder, CO
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“Between July 1933 and May 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps made a number of improvements to the summit of [Flagstaff] mountain, including a trail between Realization Point (referred to at the time as Inspiration Point) and the Morse Well.”
This area today lies within the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.
Source notes
Mark F. Mitchell and Peter J. Gleichman, Cultural Resource Inventory of the Contiguous Boulder Mountain Parks, prepared for the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation (1995), 63.Site originally submitted by Richard A Walker on August 19, 2016.
At this Location:
- Flagstaff Mountain: Flagstaff Mountain Road and Chapman Drive - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Sunrise Circle Amphitheater - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Morse Well Rock Work - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Green Mountain Lodge - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Bluebell-Baird Trail - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Halfway House Renovation - Boulder CO
- Flagstaff Mountain: Tree Planting - Boulder CO
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