An informal goal of the Littleton Crabapple Route was to secure entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for Littleton as the City with the most crabapple trees per capita. Based on an actual census there are almost 7,000 flowering crabapple trees. With Littleton’s population of 42,000, that would mean one flowering crabapple tree for every six residents of the City prompting former Mayor Phil Cernanec to proclaim Littleton "the flowering crabapple capital of Colorado" in 2015!
Here's an article from the Littleton Independent detailing Eagle Scout Cole Hancock's efforts to add Littleton to the record books.
Here's an article from the Littleton Independent detailing Eagle Scout Cole Hancock's efforts to add Littleton to the record books.
