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Vacation Planning Guide for Visiting Colorado with the Kids
Vacation Planning Guide for Visiting Colorado with the Kids
Best Colorado Attractions for Families
Colorado's
Family Attractions?
How about:
Spectacular mountains
Breath-taking canyons
Historic mining camps
Scenic railroads
Ancient ruins
World-class museums
Hiking trails
Ski runs
(We're running out of breath...)
Whatever you are interested in, Colorado has family attractions that will keep your kids coming back for more.
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Did You Know? Colorado has 41 passes over 10,000 feet above sea level. Many can be traveled by passenger car, though some can only be accessed by 4-wheel drive vehicles. |
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The Family Guide to Colorado's National Parks and Monuments
is one of Colorado's most popular attractions.
And while the mountains in general draw families into their midst for skiing or hiking adventure, certain highpoints stand out as attractions in their own right. Pikes Peak, inspiration for the song, “America the Beautiful”, pulls over 250,000 visitors to its summit each year, and many more to viewpoints in Colorado Springs, at its foot.
Meanwhile, the Colorado state quarter features Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Other must-see attractions include Mesa Verde National Park (a World Heritage Site) and the Historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a recommended ride for families. Don’t miss the tallest sand dunes in North America and a first-rate sand box for kids at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. If dinosaurs are the passion of the day for your youngster, Dinosaur National Monument in the northwest corner of the state might be just what you are looking for.
Families can start exploring Colorado right in Denver. Attractions include the completely unique and spectacularly pretty Red Rocks Amphitheater. This world-class concert venue owes its incredible acoustics to huge slabs of sandstone surging from the surrounding hillside. It’s a great place for kids to yell and sing and have their voices soar over a make believe crowd.
Sight-seeing families won’t waste their time visiting the Buffalo Bill Museum on Lookout Mountain or the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver’s scenic City Park.
Even Colorado’s vast High Prairies offer traveling families local flavor in its small towns that line the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, and at Bent’s Fort National Historic Site, a pivotal spot on the route.
All in all, kids and their parents can find entertaining and educational attractions just about anywhere they travel in Colorado.
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