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Bear Creek Cañon Park - View of rock formation in the park, May's Peak in the background. Bear Creek Cañon Park is a high-country park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado with steep trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. A trail in the western edge of the Bear Creek Regional Park connects to the high-country Bear Creek ...
Pikes Peak as seen from Palmer Park at dusk. The high elevation of Palmer Park relative to the city of Colorado Springs provides many long distance vistas. At 730.7 acres (295.7 ha) in size, the park contains over 25 miles (40 km) of trails for horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking. [2]
The largest park in El Paso County is the 1,680-acre (680 ha) Cheyenne Mountain State Park, which is located in the southern end of Colorado Springs.Its terrain varies from prairie grassland and scrub oak to Douglas fir and ponderosa pine on the peaks at the western side of the park.
The Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway is a 57-mile (92 km) Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Chaffee and Lake counties, Colorado, US. The Byway follows the upper Arkansas River past the Collegiate Peaks , featuring eight of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains .
Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a 1,474-acre (2.3 sq mi; 6.0 km 2) city park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is situated on the west side of the city, adjacent to Manitou Springs and south of U.S. Route 24. The park consists of a series of parallel ridges (called "hogbacks") and eroded canyons.
Rocky Mountain National Park is the fifth most-visited national park in America. Here's what you should know before you visit. Snow-capped peaks, scenic grandeur: What to expect at Rocky Mountain ...
The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness is a 168,000-acre (680 km 2) area located in central Colorado between Leadville and Buena Vista to the east and Aspen to the west and Crested Butte to the southwest. Most of the area is in the San Isabel and Gunnison National Forests , with a smaller area in the White River National Forest southeast of Aspen.
Ruxton Park is a park in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at 9,078 feet (2,767 m) in elevation. [1] The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway , which departs from the depot at 6,570 feet (2,000 m) in elevation, climbs into Englemann Canyon along Ruxton Creek .