Editing Cañon City, Colorado (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Cañon City is home to many city-owned parks, as well as parks owned by the Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District.

===City-owned parks===
*Centennial Park, commonly known as "Duck Park"
*Denver & Rio Grande Western Park, commonly known as "Depot Park"
*Greydene Park
*Magdalene Park
*Margaret Park (originally Margarette Park)
*Mountain View Park, home of the city's skate park
*Red Canyon Park, a {{convert|500|acre|adj=on}} park located {{convert|10|mi|0}} north of the city
*Royal Gorge Park, home of the [[Royal Gorge Bridge]] and Park
*Rudd Park
*Temple Canyon Park
*Veterans Park, known for Entertainment in the Park concerts during the summer

===Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District===
The Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District, commonly called the Rec District, was created in 1965<ref>{{cite web|title=Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District: About Us|url=http://ccrec.org/id1.html|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> to better serve the community's recreational needs with parks, the R.C. Icabone Pool (a public swimming pool), a dog park, an archery range and a ropes course along with a rec district office with a community room.

The following parks are operated and owned by the Rec District:
*John Griffin Park, located near the Sell's Avenue Trailhead of the Riverwalk
*Harrison Park, the former playground of the former Harrison Elementary School which had been relocated to a newer, larger school building housing both elementary and middle school students
*Pathfinder Regional Park, a joint-managed park located in the county between Cañon City and [[Florence, Colorado|Florence]]
*Rouse Park

In addition, the city maintains the [[Tunnel Drive Trail]], a four-mile long out-and-back trail that follows the course of an old irrigation canal. The trailhead is located at the west end of Tunnel Drive, just inside the city limits.

The Guy U. Hardy Award for Service to Outdoor Recreation was created in the name of [[Guy U. Hardy]] to recognize people in the community who "help preserve, protect and advocate for providing outdoor recreation opportunities." Hardy had a significant impact on outdoor recreational opportunities in the [[Royal Gorge]] area.<ref name="CCDR - Award">{{Cite news |url=https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/nominees-for-the-guy-u-hardy-award-for-service-to-outdoor-recreation-are-due-sunday |title=Nominees for the Guy U. Hardy Award for Service to Outdoor Recreation are due Sunday |date=November 25, 2019 |work=Cañon City Daily Record |access-date=February 3, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>