How can you guarantee the best experience when exploring the towering red rock formations of Garden of the Gods? Start your journey at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center. As the official gateway, the Center features museum-quality exhibits on the...
Happy birthday, Colorado! August 1st marks a truly monumental milestone for the Centennial State: our 150th year of statehood. A century and a half ago, President Ulysses S. Grant officially signed Colorado into the Union, just weeks after the nation’s 100th birthday....
Where Are You Going? Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site sits at the southeast gateway to the Garden of the Gods. A vibrant 226-acre living history museum showcases how pioneers carved out a living in the Pikes Peak region with muscle and sweat. Don’t forget, all...
LIVING IT UP: Critters on the Front Range don’t just exist here—they thrive across 8,000 vertical feet of rugged terrain! Following our Wildflower Blog and Bird Migration Blog, which explored the flora and flying fauna of the foothills and alpine tundra, we’re back to...
You can visit the Pikes Peak area two years in a row, and nature will put on a unique display each time because wildflowers follow their own schedules. Whether a species is a perennial (returning yearly) or a biennial (blooming every other year), the Pikes Peak flower...
Pikes Peak, America’s Mountain. After disembarking from our custom-built tour vehicle. The vastness of the scene left me dizzy. To the east, the Great Plains stretch into infinity; to the west, the jagged teeth of the Continental Divide pierce the horizon. I have...
