The Denver metropolitan area spills into 5 or 6 surrounding counties; 3 of them have highpoints that are very easy and relatively close to one another. I did these three - Adams, Arapahoe and Denver - in about an hour and a half. No hiking was required, other than easy walking. I had spent most of the day exploring Pikes Peak. I also made a trip to the Elbert county highpoint but didn't count it since I didn't really cover the highpoint properly in my opinion.

So anyway, on into Denver. I came up from the southeast and caught up to a toll freeway called Interstate-470, which loops around the city. It cost money (75 cents each exit) but gets close to two of the highpoints. First on the docket was Arapahoe County. I took Smokey Hill Road about 3 miles to Otero Drive and parked along the road, scampered up the embankment and voila, there was the highpoint cairn. Just a little rise in the land.

No on to Adams County. Back onto 470, I went toward Interstate-70, I exited at CO-36 then took some local roads to 26th Avenue, which crests right on the highpoint ridge. Again, very simple.

Getting to Denver County's highpoint meant I had to cross the whole city. Denver is a city and a county; its highpoint is located at the southwest edge of the boundary, surrounded by the city of Lakewood. Kipling and Belleview are the main crossroads. I parked at a Taco Bell, walked north on Kipling about 500 feet up a slope to a private fence and phone box, and tagged them. That was that. I rewarded myself with a three-taco special at Taco Bell. When it comes to county highpointing, I have no shame. I used the remaining sunlight to drive to Georgetown, about 40 miles west, for my next day's hike up Grays Peak.