# St. Philip-in-the-Field

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-philip-in-the-field/
- Also known as: Bear Cañon church; Bear Canyon Church
- Kind: Churches
- Status: Living today
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.368, -104.9605 (USGS GNIS point)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Episcopal church off Perry Park Road (Highway 105), surrounded by the Bear Canyon (Bear Cañon) Cemetery; George Nickson helped establish the church and cemetery in the 1870s (Perry Park binder LHS_9, Nickson history). Built by Newton Grout in 1872 and consecrated as St. Philip in the Field in 1889, per a parish history in the same binder (helper's digest, pp. 349-352; not yet).

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Church 185124

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [Oakland School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/oakland-school/): 0.3 mi northeast
- [Lone Tree School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lone-tree-school/): 2.9 mi south
- [Sedalia](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/sedalia/): 4.8 mi north
- [Cedar Hill Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cedar-hill-cemetery/): 4.8 mi east
- [Douglas](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/douglas/): 4.8 mi southeast
- [Coberly's Half-Way House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/coberlys-half-way-house/): 5.2 mi southwest

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.