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
- Triangle Denver
- Swing Dancing at Mercury Cafe
- The Climax Lounge
- Moscow Underground
- Shelby's Bar & Grill
- Old Curtis Street Bar
- Harry's Bar
- Maz Amillions
- Buck Wild Saloon
- Buck Wild Saloon
- Coyote Ugly Saloon
- Wrangler
- William's Tavern
- UA PAVILIONS 15- AEROSMITH
- Larimer 21
- Roxy Lounge
- Scruffy Murphy's
- Silver City Cafe
- Herb's Hideout
- Giggling Grizzly
- Star Bar
- Kokopelli's
- Whiskey Bar
- Tavern Uptown
- Manny's Smokehouse
- Tryst Lounge
- Peaks Lounge
- Bovine Theater
- El Chapultepec
- Mattie's House of Mirrors
- LoDo's Bar & Grill
- Red Monkey
- Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret
- M & M's
- Gordy's
- Lodo Restaurant Group
- Kimberleys Show Bar
- Bent
- Tarantula Billiards
- La Boheme Gentlemen's Cabaret
- JR's Bar and Grill
- Splinters From The Pine
- Sports Column
- Bash
- Breckenridge Brewery
- Falling Rock Tap House
- Jackson's All-American Sports Grill
- Tiffany Rose
- Congress Lounge & Restaurant
- Red Room -Restaurant & Bar-
- Celtic Tavern
- Blue Mule
- Enigma Afterhours
- Double Daughter's Salotto
- Comedy Works
- 5 Degrees
- B J's Port
- Snake Pit
- Purple Entertainment
- Cru Wine Bar
- Impulse Theater
- Dulcinea's 100th Monkey
- Sancho's Broken Arrow
- LuckyStar
- Cruise Room
- Fado Irish Pub
- Sing Sing
- Fillmore Auditorium
Buildings
- United States Customhouse
- Sherman Building
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Denver Division
- Denver Tower
- Sherman Plaza
- City Center Tower
- California Building
- Byron White United States Courthouse
- Twentieth Street Recreation Center
- Trinity Plaza
- Denver Financial Center
- Rocky Mountain Shrine Consistory
- Mile High Center
- Brown Palace Hotel
- Equitable Building
- Wells Fargo Center
- Ideal Building
- Boston Building
- Lincoln Center
- Kittredge Building
- Republic Plaza
- Denver County Court Civil Division
- Fisher Mansion
- International House
- Colorado Human Services Building
- Daniels And Fisher Tower
- Denver Post Tower
- Denver County Civil Courts
- Logan Tower
- Barrister Building
- State Services Building
- Tabor Center
- Temple Center
- City Hall Annex Number 1
- Colorado Department of Education
- Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building
- Denver Athletic Club
- Colorado State Capitol
- City and County Building Annex Number 2
- American Woodmen Building
- Clayton Building
- Colorado Convention Center
- Denver Tramway Building
- City And County Building
- Cactus Club
- Denver Police Department District 6 Substation
- Currigan Exhibition Hall
- Denver County Criminal Court
- Gallup-Stanbury Building
- Denver Sheriff Department Civil Division
- State Capitol Annex
- Colorado Judicial Building
- Legislative Services Building
- Denver Mint
- Crawford Building