Douglas County Libraries - Castle Rock

I love the library. I had a book on hold and was notified that it had come in. Went to pick it up and browsed a little. Enchanted by the different themed Christmas trees. Such thought and detail went into the decorations. Wandered around checking them all out. Have some inspiration for next year for my own tree.

This library was recently renovated and they did a great job. The children's' play area is one of the best I've ever seen. It's all in a farm theme with tons of activities for little ones. They hold daily story times for babies, toddlers and preschoolers during the week and unlike other county libraries you don't need to register ahead. If being around kids isn't your thing this library has plenty of other space to sit quietly and enjoy the books that are offered including a window nook with a fireplace to look out and an entire upstairs.

4/5 because as a non-Colorado resident I am not allowed to receive a library card AND I have to have the physical card from my DIL when checking out books.Here's the thing, my two toddler granddaughters live in Castlerock and I live in CA. I come and visit them for a week at a time every other month. They love books and enjoy reading lots and lots of books. It makes sense that we come to the library and enjoy the facility and the programming planned for toddlers, but we should be able to leave with books too.Nope. Not this time. We enjoyed Story Time at 11am with Patty and Karissa which was well organized and fun. Thank you ladies for the music, fingerplays, and craft as well as the books. After Story Time we went out into the children's area and the girls played a bit with the toys and then they selected books for me to read to them. The girls wanted to check out books but we could not. At my local library that I take my other two grandchildren to that live in town, if I don't have their library card the kind people working the desk look up the bar code number and check out our books no problem. Now I know.

New building is bright and sunny! Great views! Friendly staff. Parking is still a bit of mess due to construction.

Great play area for kids! They have a ranch/farm style play area that was donated by the Castle Rock Rotary Club. Our 3 year old and 1 year old both loved it! The staff was extremely friendly, even with my 1 year old taking books off the shelves

This isn't my favorite Douglas County Library. It's probably my 2nd favorite. They're doing construction next to the library so parking is somewhat of an issue. You will need to turn right near Dairy Queen on Wilcox to access the library parking lot. The construction taking place is for the new library. I hope it's as nice or better than the Lone Tree Library. There are a lot of nice amenities at this library. They have a nice reading room and plenty of study rooms too. I reserved a study room here one time and one of the staff members was very accommodating. Overall, staff is generally helpful here. They also have plenty of computers to use. This location is convenient for me rather than the Castle Pines branch. Also, I like the Castle Rock branch hours. So nice to pickup a library hold when they open at 8:00 am. I'm very much looking forward to when construction is completed on the new library and when it's open for patron use.For now, I recommend checking out this branch (Phillip Miller). Looking forward to more visits in the future!

I love this library. Although a small library, it provides quality service. I always find something interesting for the whole family here. If the kids don't want to go find a book they also have computers. I miss going here. Hurry up and go away Coronavirus!

Remember when libraries were a place to go, get books, study in peace and quiet.......NOT HERE!So, they have opened up a children's center inside, crying, screaming babies.....P&Q....NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE!Oh and in Castle Rock in the "New" building, as one goes to get away from the screaming babies on the first floor, there are homeless on the second floor sleeping on the carpets propped up against the walls.I know, why don't we setup a Starbucks inside and maybe an indoor gun range while we are at it!!!The libraries are catering to too many sub-groups and demeaning the purpose of what they were initially designed to be. I am ashamed that our taxes are going to this department. I would have gotten more studying done in a beer hall.

So impressed with the kids corner and the summer reading program they have to encourage kids to read. The staff was so friendly and helpful when we got our library card!

New library looks good however they have added a new play area filled with screaming kids to what should be a peaceful quiet place to read and study. Its unfortunate very little thought or consideration for what a library should be was taken into account when building the new building. Will not be visiting this new library like I used to with the old.