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The Regis University Arboretum is located on the university's northwest Denver campus north of Regis Blvd. (50th Ave.) between Federal and Lowell Blvds., and consists of more than 1,280 trees, 85 genera, and more than 290 species and cultivars. Arboretum brochures with a map, a list of the tree species in the collection and instructions for a self-guided tour are available at the Dayton Memorial Library and at the arboretum kiosk near the entrance to parking lot #4 on the northwest corner of the campus.

Some of the major woody plant collections are species of Quercus (oak), Acer (maple) and Pinus (pine). The arboretum includes fourteen Colorado state champion trees, which are those designated by the Colorado Tree Coalition as being among the largest three in the state for a particular species.

The Regis Arboretum was begun informally in the mid 1980s and was officially designated by the university in 2000. In 2017 the arboretum was granted Level II Accreditation by ArbNet, a program managed by the Morton Arboretum of Lisle, IL.