Parking in Denver
There is plenty of parking in Denver and you should use our Denver parking map to find out where and how how much you’ll be expected to pay for parking in the city.
The average hourly rate at parking lots and garages in Denver is $4.00 per hour and $24.00 per day.
On-street parking tends to be cheaper at $2.00 per hour with a maximum stay of up to 2-4 hrs. Rates and maximum stay restrictions may differ, please check the meter at your final destination.
Smart meters, which are gradually being installed on Denver streets, accept coins, debit and credit cards, and smart cards.
Denver has a special Overnight Parking Program that is different from other US cities. Parking rates are still enforced during nighttime, though they are lower and there are no limits as to the length of stay.
If you’re looking for cheaper or even free parking options and feel OK with not taking your car downtown, leave it at one of the Park and Ride locations in Denver and park for free the first 24 hours and then $2.00 for each additional day.
Did you know that the clamp wheel was first used in Denver? This is why it is also called “Denver boot”! Follow the parking regulations and pay parking tickets on time so that you don’t get booted!
If you’re heading to one of the following locations, check out these maps to see the closest and cheapest parking options:
Bars
- Zang Brewing Company
- My Brother's Bar
- Highland Bar
- Forest Room 5
- C Spot Drive Party
- Rock Island
- Lotus
- Rox Infusion Lounge
- Jet Bar
- Trios Enoteca
- Pourhouse Pub
- Nallen's Irish Pub
- Cruise Room
- Monarck
- Mynt Mojito Lounge
- Mynt Lounge
- chrome
- Purple Entertainment
- Veronica's Bases Loaded
- Martini Ranch
- Hush
- Impulse Theater
- LuckyStar
- Cru Wine Bar
- Double Daughter's Salotto
- Blue Mule
- Zitro Cityview Tavern
- Angel's Sports Bar
- Fado Irish Pub
- Sing Sing
- Enigma Afterhours
- Tiffany Rose
- Celtic Tavern
- Comedy Works
- Arabian Bar
- 5 Degrees
- Coors Tavern
- Roni's Place
- Falling Rock Tap House
- Bash
- Sports Column
- Splinters From The Pine
- Tryst Lounge
- Jackson's All-American Sports Grill
- Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret
- Lodo Restaurant Group
- Red Monkey
- LoDo's Bar & Grill
- Mattie's House of Mirrors
- 90's
- El Chapultepec
- The Foxhole Lounge
- Gordy's
- Tarantula Billiards
- Giggling Grizzly
- Bovine Theater
- Scruffy Murphy's
- Ron & Dan's Keg
- Silver City Cafe
- Herb's Hideout
- La Boheme Gentlemen's Cabaret
- Larimer 21
- Kimberleys Show Bar
- Breckenridge Brewery
- Star Bar
- Harry's Bar
- Subway
- Maz Amillions
- Whiskey Bar
- Peaks Lounge
- Area 39
- Kokopelli's
- Manny's Smokehouse
Schools
- Contemporary Learning Academy High School
- Denver Public Schools Night High School
- Valdez Elementary School
- CEC Middle College of Denver
- Auraria Campus
- North High School
- Saint Cajetan School
- Tilden School For Teaching Health
- Academia Ana Marie Sandoval
- Saint Elizabeth School
- Bryant-Webster Elementary School
- Emmaus School
- Brown Elementary School
- Lake Middle School
- Cheltenham Elementary School
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School
Attractions
Neighborhoods
Cinemas
Buildings
- Auraria Student Union
- Cactus Club
- Eighteenth Street Atrium
- Gallup-Stanbury Building
- Crawford Building
- Saint Cajetan's Center
- McNichols Sports Arena
- Clayton Building
- Auraria Library
- Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library
- Denver Tramway Building
- Tabor Center
- Boettcher Concert Hall
- Daniels And Fisher Tower
- Denver Police Department Civil Service Commission
- Denver Police Department Traffic Operations
- Highlands Masonic Temple
- Zuni Generating Station
- Currigan Exhibition Hall
- Boston Building
- Ideal Building
- Colorado Convention Center
- Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home
- Equitable Building
- Twentieth Street Recreation Center
- Byron White United States Courthouse
- Denver Athletic Club