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Jan 31, 2026

　　Set just off downtown, with Prospect Lake surrounded by wide green lawns and ball fields, and Pikes Peak and the rest of the southern front range looming to the west, this is the city's biggest public park and the site of the Labor Day Lift Off, one of America's biggest and best hot-air-balloon festivals.

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Colorado Springs

　　High up on Cheyenne Mountain, the largest private zoo in the country was launched with holdovers from the private animal collection of Spencer Penrose (1865–1939), a prominent local businessman and philanthropist. Serious about conversation, the zoo is proud of its giraffe breeding program, and its animal habitats feature educational elements....

US Air Force Academy

Colorado Springs

　　A visit to this campus, one of the highest-profile military academies in the country, offers a limited but nonetheless fascinating look into the lives of an elite group of cadets. The visitor center provides general background on the academy; from here you can walk over to the dramatic chapel (1963)...

Old Colorado City Historic District

Colorado Springs

　　The neighborhood known as Old Colorado City is where the original town was founded in 1860. It's former Wild West dens of vice (21 saloons in four blocks!) now host restaurants and souvenir shops, and the area is good for a stroll. ...

Colorado Springs Flea Market

Colorado Springs

　　Colorado Springs' year-round flea market has up to 1000 vendors hawking almost anything you could think of, as well as live entertainment and a variety of food trucks. ...

Austin Bluffs Open Space

Colorado Springs

　　This beautiful reserve overlooking Colorado Springs and the Rockies beyond is strewn with distinctive rock formations dating to the Eocene period. Walking and hiking trails crisscross the park and adjacent Pulpit Rock Park. ...

Trinity Brewing Co

Colorado Springs

　　Inspired by Belgium’s beer cafes, the ecofriendly Trinity Brewing Co is a cool addition to the Colorado Springs pub scene. Owned by two self-admitted beer geeks, it serves ‘artisanal beers’ (made from rare ingredients and potent amounts of alcohol) and has a veggie-friendly menu – though don't expect miracles from...

Red Rock Canyon Open Space

Colorado Springs

　　A former quarry and part of the sandstone vein that runs through the Garden of the Gods, this 787-acre park was nearly developed into a golf course and townhouses. Thanks to committed residents who fought the good fight, however, it's now a fabulous local park, where you can hike, mountain...

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

Colorado Springs

　　Set behind the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and those massive crenelated stone gates, on a cliff about two-thirds of the way up Cheyenne Mountain, is this tower named for Spencer Penrose's good friend Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash coincidentally around the time of its construction. There are busts...

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Colorado Springs

　　Colorado Springs’ municipal museum is set in the old El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1903. The collection and exhibition of some 60,000 pieces sums up the region’s history. Particularly good is the Native American collection, which features hundreds of items from the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations. ...

Colorado Springs

　　Home to the much loved Uncle Wilbur’s Fountain, a lifeguard-monitored pop jet fountain with over 200 water jets, 52 of which are part of a play area where kids can valiantly try to stem the unstoppable streams. ...

Garden of the Gods

Colorado Springs

　　This gorgeous vein of red sandstone (about 290 million years old) appears elsewhere along Colorado's Front Range, but the exquisitely thin cathedral spires and mountain backdrop of the Garden of the Gods are particularly striking. Explore the network of paved and unpaved trails, enjoy a picnic and watch climbers test...

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Colorado Springs

　　This expansive museum and 400-seat theater originally opened in 1936. The museum’s collection is surprisingly sophisticated, with some terrific Latin American art and photography, and great rotating exhibits that draw from the 20,000 pieces in its permanent collection. There is a strong focus on Native American, Hispanic and Spanish Colonial...

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