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Topic	Visiting Colorado next week. Any recommendations?
Perfectinsanity 09/18/22 9:34:19 AM #17:	How long and where exactly are you staying? The Springs and Denver are an hour and a half away from each other, so unless you're just planning your lodging day-by-day, there are better options based on the main area you're staying in. With that said, I live in Denver Metro, and would absolutely rather spend my time in the Springs and surrounding areas there. If you're staying in Denver - you can check out the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, which is like a drive-through zoo; the actual Denver Zoo is also pretty neat and fairly large. For hiking/biking/trails in the Metro area you have the Cherry Creek State Park, and my favorite Castlewood Canyon State Park which is a bit further to the south next to Castle Rock which has some fun stuff to do/places to eat after hiking. About an hour west is St Marys Glacier which is a pretty easy mile hike that opens up to a stunning lake and glacier, easy peasy early morning day trip and then you can get back to the city by 10-11am and have the rest of the day for whatever, or head to Blackhawk and do some gambling at the casinos. About an hour and a half - two hours north west is Estes Park, where you have The Shining Hotel (The Stanley) if you're into that sort of thing, and Rocky Mountain National Park. If you're staying in Colorado Springs, I highly recommend the Cave of the Winds tour. Garden of the Gods park, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, walk around Manitou Springs, and tour the Olympic Training Center. Cheyenne Mountain State Park is also there, but I've never been - I assume it's very nice, of course. Seven Falls is a cool little place to see, nothing super special but it's neat and easy to get to. Have some drinks/food at Ivywild School which has a nice whiskey distillery and at least one brewery inside, as well as some decent pizza, empanadas, and they usually have food trucks outside. Pikes Peak of course is amazing, but I believe they've already closed off the top of the mountain, and if you're at all nervous about driving down an extremely steep mountain side with sharp turns and very few guardrails, I wouldn't recommend driving past the first rest stop anyway. --- Those who live are those who fight. <cite>Perfectinsanity posted [p:968120101] in Visiting C... [t:80167445]...</cite> <quote>How long and where exactly are you staying? The Springs and Denver are an hour and a half away from each other, so unless you're just planning your lodging day-by-day, there are better options based on the main area you're staying in.With that said, I live in Denver Metro, and would absolutely rather spend my time in the Springs and surrounding areas there. If you're staying in Denver - you can check out the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, which is like a drive-through zoo; the actual Denver Zoo is also pretty neat and fairly large. For hiking/biking/trails in the Metro area you have the Cherry Creek State Park, and my favorite Castlewood Canyon State Park which is a bit further to the south next to Castle Rock which has some fun stuff to do/places to eat after hiking. About an hour west is St Marys Glacier which is a pretty easy mile hike that opens up to a stunning lake and glacier, easy peasy early morning day trip and then you can get back to the city by 10-11am and have the rest of the day for whatever, or head to Blackhawk and do some gambling at the casinos.About an hour and a half - two hours north west is Estes Park, where you have The Shining Hotel (The Stanley) if you're into that sort of thing, and Rocky Mountain National Park.If you're staying in Colorado Springs, I highly recommend the Cave of the Winds tour. Garden of the Gods park, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, walk around Manitou Springs, and tour the Olympic Training Center. Cheyenne Mountain State Park is also there, but I've never been - I assume it's very nice, of course. Seven Falls is a cool little place to see, nothing super special but it's neat and easy to get to. Have some drinks/food at Ivywild School which has a nice whiskey distillery and at least one brewery inside, as well as some decent pizza, empanadas, and they usually have food trucks outside. Pikes Peak of course is amazing, but I believe they've already closed off the top of the mountain, and if you're at all nervous about driving down an extremely steep mountain side with sharp turns and very few guardrails, I wouldn't recommend driving past the first rest stop anyway. --- Those who live are those who fight.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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