<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4cHb2L_0wEXawSc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4cHb2L_0wEXawSc00" width="1200" height="800" ><p>If you've lived in <a href="https://95rockfm.com/tags/colorado">Colorado</a> long enough, it's likely that when the name Lookout Mountain is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is various forms of wildlife that you can sometimes spot off of I-70.</p><p>Lookout Mountain is located near Golden, Colorado, and is actually the tallest park within the town's perimeter.</p><p><a href="https://95rockfm.com/colorado-elk-deer-attacks/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral">Colorado Wildlife Attacks on the Rise: A Simple Explanation?</a> |</p><p>However, if you've only viewed Lookout Mountain from a distance, you may not realize that there is actually a rather affluent neighborhood back there and many of the more active members of the community have been experiencing problems not so much with the wildlife, but rather a different class of people.</p><h2>Colorado's Lookout Mountain is Experiencing a Problem with Partying</h2><p>It's commonplace to see residents of Lookout Mountain dressed to the nines in spandex and riding their <a href="https://95rockfm.com/tags/colorado-mtb">bikes</a> around, climbing manmade <a href="https://95rockfm.com/tags/hiking-in-colorado">hiking trails</a>, or simply trying to live a peaceful, quiet life among the <a href="https://95rockfm.com/tags/colorado-wildlife">wildlife</a>.</p><p>However, residents have recently become concerned with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYAk7zUoDwo">nightly noise pollution</a> from fireworks and firearms as well as signs of drinking and drug use being left behind in the form of littering.</p><p>Because of this, Lookout Mountain is now <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYAk7zUoDwo">closed for the majority of the night,</a> calling it quits one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.</p><p>The fairly new initiative was put into place by the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYAk7zUoDwo">Jefferson County Open Space Department</a> in an effort to discourage the partying that has been taking place recently.</p><p>Check out the full story here.</p><h2>Vintage Footage: When Feeding Wildlife in Colorado was Encouraged</h2><p>Check out some very old documentation of Colorado staples such as Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak from a time when feeding the wildlife was encouraged.</p><h2>Colorado is Home to One of the Largest Urban Wildlife Refuges</h2><p>Just outside of Commerce City, Colorado, sits a 15,000-acre urban wildlife refuge.</p></div></body>

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If you've lived in Colorado long enough, it's likely that when the name Lookout Mountain is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is various forms of wildlife that you can sometimes spot off of I-70. Lookout Mountain is located near Golden, Colorado, and is actually the tallest park...