# Centennial

Centennial is a suburban city of about 106,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies in Arapahoe County southeast of Denver.

## Understand

When Centennial was incorporated as a city on February 7, 2001, it was the largest city incorporation in U.S. history, with over 100,000 citizens at the 2000 census.

## Get in
### By plane

* 39.8494-104.67381 Denver International Airport (DEN), 8500 Peña Boulevard, Denver (North of I-70), ☏ +1 720-730-4359. One of the ten busiest airports in the world. The airport connects to Centennial via the RTD commuter rail A line connecting to the RTD light rail E line.
* 39.5701-104.84932 Centennial Airport (APA ), 7565 South Peoria Street (East of I-25), ☏ +1 303-790-0598. General aviation and flights to Grand Junction

### By car

Centennial is served by several highways:
The E-470 Toll Road provides direct access to Denver International Airport.

### By rail

The Amtrak California Zephyr and Winter Park Express serve Denver Union Station. The RTD light rail E line provides access from Denver Union Station to Centennial.

### By bus

Greyhound Lines serve Denver.

## Get around
### Public transit

* 39.6003-104.88843 Arapahoe at Village Center Station, 8800 East Caley Avenue. RTD light rail lines E and R, RTD bus routes 66, 153, 169, and AT, and RTD APFX FlexRide bus service.
* 39.5788-104.87664 Dry Creek Station, 9450 East Dry Creek Road. RTD light rail lines E and R, and RTD DRFX and NIFX FlexRide bus service.
* 39.5619-104.87235 County Line Station, 8340 South Valley Highway. RTD light rail lines E and R, and RTD SIFX FlexRide bus service.
* 39.609-104.74666 Smoky Hill/Picadilly Park-n-Ride, 20855 Smoky Hill Road. RTD bus routes 135 and 139.

### By car

* A numbered system is proven inapplicable here, as opposed to Denver's northern suburbs.
* If you are looking for "___ Street", you should be driving across town from west to east, looking at the signs that signal "North __ Street" or "South ___ Street"

## See

* 39.5689-104.96571 Denver Area Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2001 East Phillips Circle, ☏ +1 303-730-0220. Grounds open to the public. The temple is open only to members by appointment.

## Do

* 39.5966-104.83741 Centennial Center Park, 13050 East Peakview Avenue. Centennial Center Park is an expansive area with an amphitheatre and a water park for kids.
* 39.596389-104.8438892 Downtown Centennial. Take a few hours to walk the Downtown area. Admire the high-rises, look around the historical shops and buildings, and see where Centennial came from. (updated May 2017)

## Buy

* 39.5919-104.9631 The Streets at SouthGlenn, 6851 S Vine St, ☏ +1 303-539-7141, southglennconcierge@albdev.com. (updated Oct 2021)

## Eat

Unique restaurants in the area:
* Las Brisas Restaurant, 6787 S Clinton St, ☏ +1 303 792-3212. Where Latin coastal meets Mexican, incredible Las Brisas Ritas.
* Perfect Landing, 7625 S. Peoria St (south of Arapahoe Rd at Centennial Airport), ☏ +1 303 649-4478. Wine and dine on great food while overlooking planes taking off from the 3rd busiest private airport in the country.

## Sleep

* Drury Inn, 9445 E Dry Creek Rd (near the Tech Center). Low cost, solid rooms and free breakfast and dinner of pizza and salad.