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Pikes Peak Kids Colorado Springs Activities Attractions
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FOR LOCALS ONLY: If you are not able to travel out of town this summer, that need not stop you and your children from being tourists in your hometown. Pick up a FREE Visitor Guide in various locations throughout our region (call us at 719-685-5894), then grab a camera, a hat, some sun block and you and your family are all set to rediscover why millions of visitors from all over the world visit Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region for their summer vacation. Discover YOUR city, try a new attraction, restaurant, activity, so next time you have friends and relatives visiting you, will know exactly where to take them!
Visit these attractions of special interest to kids:
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WOW! Incredible! Awesome! are just some of the more common words we hear at Academy Riding Stables of Colorado. From the oldest to youngest, whether it is one of our Colorado pony rides or more mature horse back riding, the excitement we see from returning riders shows this is an experience you don’t want to miss. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your thoughts as you return from your own awesome ride!
Your adventure begins at our stables 30 minutes prior to ride time, where you are matched with...
Where fun memories are made! Since 1958, this "Little Train with the Big View" has been treating visitors to the fantastic scenery that surrounds the Royal Gorge Region and the very best view of the Royal Gorge available anywhere. Shopoholics will love browsing through the huge gift shop at the railway depot. Watch and head for cover when gunfights explode to life daily on the streets of this authentic frontier town. Buffalo Burgers, sarsaparilla and unique gifts create the ultimate western experience...
BUY YOUR TICKETS ON LINE NOW and take a Geo|Venture at Cave of the Winds!
Capture the exhilaration and fun of underground exploration with Cave of the Winds’ two Geo|Venture tours- geology and adventure rolled into one! Let your family discover the fun underground! Open daily year round. Families may choose from two exciting tours for two different perspectives of the world beneath our feet. Take the Discovery tour along well lighted pathways and learn how caves are formed. See the formations that are...
No visit to the Pikes Peak region is complete without a trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Experience unforgettable adventures combining breathtaking mountain scenery with more than 750 animals from around the world, including the opportunity to hand-feed our magnificent giraffe herd (the largest of any zoo in the world). Get in touch with your wild side at our new African Rift Valley exhibit, an experience you won't find anywhere else. It's a wildly interactive, giraffe feeding, monkey loving, meerkat...
Colorado whitewater rafting Arkansas River is one of the most popular and fun vacation destinations for families and groups regardless of age or ability. Echo Canyon River Expeditions has been providing mild to exciting half-day to multi-day whitewater rafting trips in Colorado since 1978.
Fun Family Whitewater Rafting Vacations
Our most popular whitewater trip is a half day rafting the Arkansas River through Bighorn Sheep Canyon also known as the Parkdale run. This Colorado whitewater vacation is...
The Flying W Ranch is a working, mountain cattle ranch located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that has specialized in western food and entertainment since 1953. In our high season we entertain and serve dinner to over a thousand persons nightly.
The Flying W has a winning combination of beautiful natural surroundings, an authentic old western town and mouth-watering food. When the Flying W Wranglers top the evening off with their outstanding western stage show we have an offering unsurpassed in...
Explore this Colorado Springs paradise in one magical stop. Garden of the Gods Park is a 1319 acre registered National Natural Landmark of both scenic splendor and recreational opportunities. Imagine dramatic views, 300 foot towering sandstone rock formations against a backdrop of snow-capped Pikes Peak and brilliant blue skies.
This world class Visitor Center is the most visited attraction in the Pikes Peak Region with a NEW, exciting, educational, 14 minute, HD multimedia show: "How Did Those Red...
Turn your watch back 100 years
As a true preservation of Colorado’s western past, Ghost Town Museum is a fun and historic look back at kind of old west town that used to dot this region during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
"An authentic ghost town"
Selected by Mobile Travel Guide and Family Circle Magazine as one of the fifty-five special attractions of America. See the USA Travel Edition Recognition of Merit. Explore the boardwalk connecting the Blacksmith's Shop, Saloon, General and Merchants...
The John May Museum Center has two great museums to visit.
The Museum of Natural History has spent over eighty years traveling and exploring the world to accumulate what is now considered one of the world's outstanding collections of giant insects, related creatures and rare artifacts.
The Museum of Space Exploration has a wealth of information and photos of the history of man in space. Pictures from Voyager II's trip through the solar system in 1980's, the International Space Station, future plans...
BIGGER - BETTER & SIMPLY THE BEST MINE TOUR ANYWHERE!!
MOLLIE KATHLEEN GOLD MINE
OFFERS ALL NEW MINE TOUR
After over fifty years of conducting public mine tours, this country's only 1,000 foot vertical shaft gold mine tour just got bigger and better as an adventure never to be forgotten by visitors descending the earth to explore the underground mine workings of the 1890’s hard rock gold miner.
Visitors can expect to encounter many new improvements as they explore the overlapping evolution of all...
A Christmas Themed Family Amusement Park
This enchanted family theme park has something for every member of the family. Meet Santa Claus and his elves. Come ride with us on the unique Christmas Tree Ride, swing through the sky on the Enterprise Space Shuttle, and enjoy a whimsical ride on our Antique Carousel. You can fly through the sky on an Aerial Tram or stay on the ground with the Miniature Train. There are more than two dozen family-friendly rides for your pleasure. Spend time feeding our goats and...
PIKES PEAK HERITAGE CENTER AT CRIPPLE CREEK OPENING THIS SUMMER
Cripple Creek, CO ---In the late 1800s, thousands of fortune-seekers made their way to Pikes Peak. Gold had been discovered, and that discovery started the country’s last great gold rush.
Now, more than a century later, visitors to the region can make their own discoveries at the newest member of Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association, the Pikes Peak Heritage Center at Cripple Creek. This new state-of-the-art interpretive center that...
It has been called the
“Grandest Mile of Scenery in Colorado”.
Located in South Cheyenne Cañon, Seven Falls cascades 181 feet in seven distinct steps down a solid cliff of pikes peak granite. Crystal clear water from the southern most edges of the Pikes Peak watershed have, over the ages, carved this unique scenic masterpiece in an easily accessed location.
Next to the Falls, a 224-step stairway leads to a system of trails that will take you to “Midnight Falls” and then onto Inspiration Point with a...
Explore Colorado's rich and colorful mining past. Find out what's happening in mining today at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry. The museum's 27-acre site includes four exhibit buildings, outdoor displays and a picnic area. This is a wonderful place to learn to pan for gold and to see how turn-of-the-century miners timbered, drilled, blasted, mucked and moved ore from the mine to the stamp mill, where ore was crushed and processed. If this is not enough, see the actual operation of its...