Platte Valley Trolley, Denver

Name: Platte Valley Trolley
Address: 1420 Platte St, Denver, 80202-1120, United States
Telephone: +1 303-458-6255

#50 among attractions in Denver

Museum, City tours, Rail tours, Tours

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Facts and practical information

The Denver Trolley, formerly known as the Platte Valley Trolley, is a heritage streetcar line in Denver, Colorado, operated by the Denver Tramway Heritage Society. It began service on July 4, 1989. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 39°45'16"N, 105°0'36"W

Address

1420 Platte StNorthwest Denver (Highland)Denver 80202-1120 United States

Contact

+1 303-458-6255

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Day trips

Platte Valley Trolley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elitch Gardens, Ball Arena, 16th Street Mall, Children's Museum of Denver.

~1980 ftS
Amusement park
Elitch Gardens, Denver
10 min walk • Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and operated by Premier Parks, LLC. Distinctive for being located in a downtown area, it is open April through October.
0.4 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Ball Arena, Denver
11 min walk • Ball Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Denver, Colorado. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Interstate 25. A light rail station is on the western side of the complex.
0.8 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
16th Street Mall, Denver
21 min walk • The 16th Street Mall is a pedestrian and transit mall in Denver, Colorado. The mall, 1.25 miles long, runs along 16th Street in downtown Denver, from Wewatta Street to the intersection of 16th Avenue and Broadway.
0.5 miSW
Museum, Classes and workshops, Children's museum
Children's Museum of Denver, Denver
14 min walk • The Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus is located in downtown Denver at 2121 Children’s Museum Drive, Denver, Colorado, United States. The 46,902 square foot building is located on a 9-acre campus and has 20 exhibits and approximately 450,000 visitors annually.
0.6 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Twister II, Denver
15 min walk • Twister II is a wooden roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. This is a custom built wooden coaster based upon the original coaster Mr. Twister that was at Elitch Gardens before the park was moved to its new location in 1995.
~1850 ftSE
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver
9 min walk • The Museum of Contemporary Art, in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1996 as the first dedicated home for contemporary art in the city of Denver. For seven years, MCA Denver occupied a renovated fish market in Sakura Square in lower downtown Denver.
~1680 ftE
Bridge
Denver Millennium Bridge, Denver
9 min walk • The Denver Millennium Bridge is the world's first cable-stayed bridge using post-tensioned structural construction. Its 200-foot white tapered steel mast rises above Denver's northwestern skyline, connected to the bridge deck and foundation anchors by steel cables.
0.4 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Sidewinder, Denver
11 min walk • Sidewinder is a steel roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. This is a fairly simple coaster that takes rides through one loop. Instead of starting from the ground, riders have to ascend stairs fifty feet up to the loading station.
~1380 ftSE
Bridge
Speer Boulevard, Denver
7 min walk • Speer Boulevard, in Denver, Colorado, is a historic parkway. It runs from Irving St. in the West Highland neighborhood to Downing St. in the Country Club neighborhood, was built in 1906, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
0.8 miSE
Nightlife, Comedy club
Comedy Works, Denver
21 min walk • Comedy Works is a stand-up comedy club with two locations in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. The downtown club opened in September 1981 and is located in Larimer Square in Denver. The south club, which opened September 2008, is part of The Landmark development in Greenwood Village.
~590 ftE
Park
Confluence Park, Denver
3 min walk • Confluence Park is an urban park encompassing the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Denver's Lower Downtown, a bustling district of 19th-century brick warehouses and storefronts that has been redeveloped since the late 1980s.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Platte Valley Trolley?

Nearby attractions include Confluence Park, Denver (3 min walk), Platte River Bridge, Denver (6 min walk), Highland Bridge, Denver (7 min walk), Speer Boulevard, Denver (7 min walk).

How to get to Platte Valley Trolley by public transport?

The nearest stations to Platte Valley Trolley:

Bus

Union Station Light Rail Plaza • Lines: Mall (9 min walk)
Chestnut Pavilion • Lines: Mall (10 min walk)

Light rail

Union Station • Lines: C, E, W (10 min walk)
Ball Arena / Elitch Gardens • Lines: C, E, W (11 min walk)

Train

Union Station (13 min walk)