Centennial: Where Urban Life Meets Outdoor Adventure

Centennial Center Park is an award-winning 11-acre public park that serves as Centennial's first city-operated park, located adjacent to the city's Centennial Civic Center. The park showcases a unique layout meant to convey the passage of time, developed through a variety of arch, curve, and spiral elements within the park's structures and features. Young visitors can enjoy two age-appropriate playground areas, along with three climbing walls and a nautilus-themed water play area open during the summer months. An outdoor amphitheater seats approximately 5,000 attendees, hosting a variety of public special events and performances throughout the year. Other unique features include the Colorado Statehood Walk, which presents interpretive displays detailing facts about the state, and the Viewfinder Walk, which challenges parkgoers to go on a quest throughout the park to uncover answers to trivia questions.

13050 E Peakview Ave, Centennial, CO 80111, Phone: 303-325-8000

The Denver Colorado Temple is an official temple associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, operated as the church's 40th official temple facility. The church, which was announced in plans in 1982, was constructed and opened in 1984 in a ceremony presided over by LDS leader Gordon B. Hinckley. Many design elements within the temple have been crafted by LDS Church members, including tatted cloths, bride benches, and a dollhouse crafted for use within the temple's youth center. Architectural and design elements include a golf-leafed statue depicting the angel Moroni atop the church's spire, a colorful stained glass wall, and extensively landscaped grounds featuring thousands of flower plantings and a beautiful water feature. Group visitors of the temple are available by appointment by contacting the facility directly.

2001 E Phillips Cir, Centennial, CO 80122

The Streets at SouthGlenn is a new shopping mall development located at the site of the former Southglenn Mall, which operated between 1974 and 2006. The shopping center, which was opened to the public in 2009, is home to more than 80 stores and restaurants, including anchor department stores such as Macy's, Sears, Marshalls, Staples, and Best Buy. Other popular national chains offered at the shopping center include apparel stores H&M and Old Navy, beauty retailer Sephora, kitchen store Sur La Table, and outdoor goods retailer Dick's Sporting Goods. A 14-screen Hollywood Theaters location runs first-run films, while popular health food store Whole Foods Market sells a variety of international groceries. Dining options include favorites such as Bar Louie, Smashburger, and Noodles and Company.

6991 S Vine St, Centennial, CO 80122, Phone: 303-539-7141

17 Mile House Farm Park is a significant heritage site in Centennial that preserves an historic 19th-century farmhouse with an extensive history, originally crafted as one of the "mile houses" located along the Cherokee and Smoky Hill wagon trails from Kansas constructed following the 1860 Gold Rush. Today, the 17 Mile House is one of only two farmhouse mile houses still preserved, protected in 2001 with the assistance of the Colorado State Historical Fund and Arapahoe and Douglas Counties. Visitors can explore the historic farmhouse, along with its red barn, silo, milk shed, and two replica windmills, which have all been restored to their original 19th-century appearance.

8181 S Parker Rd, Centennial, CO 80016, Phone: 720-874-6540

Big Bill's New York Pizza is a popular New York-style pizzeria in Centennial, owned and operated by popular Denver-area pizza proprietor Bill Ficke since 1995. The delicious pizzeria serves up authentically-prepared New York-style pizzas crafted with the freshest possible ingredients, available by the pie or by the slice with toppings such as pineapple, eggplant, ricotta, meatballs, and jalapenos. All pies can be prepared gluten-free or with low-fat, dairy-free soy cheese upon request for an additional fee. Clever calzones, hero sandwiches, and appetizers are also served up, along with a variety of Italian-style entrees such as baked rigatoni, eggplant rollatini, shrimp marinara, and chicken cutlet parmigiana.

8243 S Holly St, Centennial, CO 80122, Phone: 303-741-9245

Topgolf Centennial is a unique entertainment venue in Centennial, originally opened to the public in 2015. The venue offers more than 100 climate-controlled golfing bays set over three floors of an indoor golfing center, with high-tech driving range elements offered for visitor use. A game hall arcade is also available for visitors of all ages to play classic, retro, and new video and skill games. A full-service restaurant is offered at the center, serving up delicious menu items such as farmhouse-style flatbreads, clever burgers, sliders, sandwiches, and a variety of creative shareable appetizers. A full-service bar also serves up an extensive menu of draft beers, fine wines and liquors, and creative signature cocktails. All facilities at the venue may be rented for private special events, including its rooftop terrace and fire pit.

10601 E Easter Ave, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: 720-880-3151

Centennial Canoe Outfitters has been in operation since 1985, offering guided boat excursions to nine river stretches throughout Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The Centennial-based company is a Colorado Parks and Wildlife-licensed river outfitter, offering a wide variety of excursions for beginner and intermediate canoers. One to three day Colorado river excursions are available, exploring sites such as the Ruby and Horse Thief Canyons, with hiking opportunities also offered within Knowles and Mee Canyons. Excursions are offered on the Green, Gunnison, White, Yampa, and North Platte Rivers, with hiking offered at sites such as the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area. Further excursions include sea kayaking trips in Washington's San Juan Islands or eight-day multi-sport adventures in Costa Rica, including hiking trips to the famous Arenal Volcano.

P.O. Box 3365 - Centennial, Colorado 80161-3365, Phone: 720-283-0553

Resolute Brewing Company is one of Centennial's premiere craft microbreweries, originally opened to the public in 2016. The brewery is a trendy and conscientious new addition to the Denver area's lively craft brewing scene, striving to partner with a number of Colorado-area nonprofit organizations to raise money through beer sales and public special events. Core year-round beers include the brewery's hefeweizen, American blonde, amber ale, session IPA, and porter styles, with its Holidaily Favorite Blonde Ale available during the winter months. A modern-style dog-friendy taproom serves up 20 drafts and offers a large outdoor patio, with food trucks parked on site every day of the week.

7286 S Yosemite St #110, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: 720-722-1238

The Clue Room is Colorado's first live escape room, originally opened to the public in 2014. Today, the attraction offers a dozen unique escape games, challenging participants to work together to solve clues to figure out how to escape locked rooms in less than 60 minutes. Escape room games are designed for groups of two to 10 players, with rentals available for private special event groups, including birthday parties and corporate team-building events. Unique escape room themes include a 1920s-themed Bootlegger Breakout room, a board-game-esque Clue Dunnit room, a literary-themed Sherlocked room, and a Matter of the Mad Hatter room, themed after Alice in Wonderland characters.

7286 S. Yosemite Unit 180, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: 303-955-1722

Snobahn is a unique Colorado-based company that brings the internationally-popular concept of indoor skiing centers to the United States for the first time, located in Centennial. Participants of all ages and ability levels can engage in half-hour skiing or snowboarding adventures inside the complex in a safe, climate-controlled environment, averaging the equivalent of skiing more than 3,300 vertical feet throughout sessions without waiting through the downtime of chairlifts and ski wait times. Instruction with a trained instructor is included in admission prices, with all necessary equipment provided. The result is an experience equivalent to indoor driving ranges as compared to outdoor golfing experiences, with slope speeds and heights tailored to the ability of each skiier or snowboarder.

6955 S York St #404, Centennial, CO 80122, Phone: 303-872-8494