Ride the Wind out to the Wild WestColorado

Armando Medel

Water Activities

• Colorado is home to many rivers that allow visitors to go rafting, including the Colorado River, the Rio Grande, the South Platte River, the San Juan River, and the Roaring Fork River.

• One can also enjoy swimming in the Blue Mesa Reservoir, the Grand Lake, the Horsetooth Reservoir, Shadow Mountain Lake, Lake Granby, and the Green Mountain Reservoir.

Outdoors Activities

• Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Gunnison National Park

• There are also hundreds of hiking trails at locations such as Meyers Homestead Trail Boulder Creek Path, Blue Lake, Devil’s Thumb Pass, etc.

Amusement Parks/Sport Activities

• Lakeside Amusement Park, Elitch Gardens Theme Park, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

• The state also offers cross country mountain biking, downhill biking, mountain boarding, hot air ballooning and much more.

Historic Sites/Museums

• Including Bent’s Old Fort, Central City/Black Hawk District, Colorado Chautauqua, Cripple Creek Historic District, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and more.

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado Railroad Museum, El Pueblo History Museum, Denver Art Museum, Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum

Shopping/Housing/Restaurants

• Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Colorado Mills, The Citadel Mall, FlatIron Crossing Shopping Center, Chapel Hills Mall

• The Famous Steak House in Colorado Springs

• The Broadmoor