La Junta City Park (La Junta, Colorado)

 park, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic public park listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

- Built: 1933-1941
- Areas of significance: Social History; Entertainment/Recreation; Landscape Architecture
- Area: 16.5 acres
- Date added to NRHP: 4/24/2007
- Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the "New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains" Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties

The original man-made elements of La Junta's city park were constructed by the Works Progress Administration and the Civil Works Administration, two New Deal programs that operated between 1935 and 1943 (The CWA specifically during the winter of 1934/35). The programs provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression.