Whether you're in Fort Collins for a weekend or two weeks, there is plenty to do to fill your time. Below you will find a sampling of the many attractions that Fort Collins is known for. As a hub for your Colorado adventure, Fort Collins offers everything a big city can with the amenities of a Colorado mountain town. From breweries to theatre, and from National Forests to Horsetooth Reservoir, attractions in and around the city will keep you busy for days!
Just 35 miles from Fort Collins, the peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park soar to more than 13,000 feet and form the Continental Divide. The town of Estes Park sits at the eastern edge of the park. Rocky Mountain National Park covers 410 square miles and includes Longs Peak (14,255 feet high), 18 named peaks above 13,000 feet, 150 named lakes, and the highest continuously paved highway in the U.S. -- Trail Ridge Road. The road is usually open from Memorial Day until early October. However, the park is open year-round and lower elevation roads are open during the winter. The visitors' center provides information on the history,...
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The Cache la Poudre River Canyon is truly a hidden treasure, with majestic cliffs and intriguing rock formations enveloped in ponderosa and lodgepole pines, sage brush, mountain mahogany and aspen. The Cache la Poudre River--the place where French-Canadian trappers hid their gunpowder during a raging blizzard in the early 1800s, hence the name-- begins high in the peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park, along the Continental Divide. Flowing north and east through Roosevelt National Forest, it tumbles down the slopes of the the Front Range and meanders through the city of Fort Collins. From its headwaters to the confluence with the South Platte...
Enjoy activities, beautiful lodging and more at one Colorado's most scenic outdoor paradises located only minutes outside Fort Collins.