Free Things to Do in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region
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Free Events in the Region
PeakRadar.com
http://www.peakradar.com/event/cat/free_events
Art on the Streets
Downtown Colorado Springs
http://www.downtown80903.com/Doc/AOTSWalkingTour08.pdf
719-886-0088
Air Force Academy (Visitors Center and Chapel)
719-333-2025
www.usafa.af.mil
Labor Day Wknd-Memorial Day Wknd, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Memorial Day Wknd -Labor Day Wknd, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
America the Beautiful Park
126 Cimino Drive, Colorado Springs, CO
http://www.springsgov.com/Page.asp?NavID=5138
Barr Trail
http://www.barrcamp.com/barr_trail.html
El Pomar Carriage House and Museum
Broadmoor Hall, The Broadmoor 1 Lake Avenue
Will Rogers Shrine and Carriage Museum
719-634-7711
Mon-Sat: 9am- 5pm, Sun.: 1pm- 5pm
Colorado Balloon Classic
www.balloonclassic.com
Memorial Park, Labor Day Weekend
Launch at 7 a.m. daily, weather permitting
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - Tactile Gallery
30 West Dale Street
719-634-5581
www.csfineartscenter.org
(Admission fee for all other exhibits)
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 S. Tejon St.
719-385-5990
www.cspm.org
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Compassion International Visitor Center
12290 Voyager Parkway
800-336-7676
www.ci.org
Dr. Lester Williams Fire Museum
375 Printers Parkway
719-385-7202
www.fire-museum.com
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Northwest Corner of Memorial Park (Pikes Peak and Hancock)
www.iaff-ffm.com
Focus on the Family Visitor Center
8655 Explorer Dr.
719-531-3328
www.family.org
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Open 'til 5 p.m. during summer)
Fountain Creek Nature Center
320 Pepper Grass Lane
719-520-6745
Garden of the Gods Park and Visitor and Nature Center
1805 N. 30th St.
719-634-6666
www.gardenofgods.com
Labor Day Wknd-Memorial Day Wknd, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Memorial Day Wknd -Labor Day Wknd, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Free guided walks and nature programs at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Multi-media presentation $2/$1, Bus tour in summer $3.75/2.50
Manitou Springs Mineral Springs Walking Tours
354 Manitou Ave.
719-685-5089
http://manitousprings.org/Activities14.aspx
Manitou Springs Heritage Center
Wed. through Sunday, 11am to 5pm
http://www.manitouspringsheritagecenter.org/
Memorial Park Skate Park
1605 E. Pikes Peak Ave.
http://www.springsgov.com
New Sante Fe Regional Trail
http://adm.elpasoco.com/Parks
Old Colorado City History Center
1 South 24th St.
719-636-1225
http://history.oldcolo.com
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (Summer hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
http://adm.elpasoco.com/Parks
Parks & Open Spaces
Colorado Springs City Parks
El Paso County Parks
Patsy's Candies Factory Tour
1540 S. 21st St.
719-633-7215
patsyscandies.com
Tours June 1-Oct. 1, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Call for groups larger than 10
Peterson Air and Space Museum (Military ID required or call ahead to make
arrangements)
Bldg. 981
Peterson AFB
719-556-4915
www.petemuseum.org
Tuesday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Red Rocks Open Space
Highway 24 just west of 31st Street
http://www.redrockcanyonopenspace.org/
Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame
5867 N. Nevada Ave.
719-633-6329
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.
Donations appreciated
Starsmore Discovery Center/North Cheyenne Canon/Helen Hunt Falls
2110 N. Cheyenne Canon Rd
www.springsgov.com (go to Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, then Parks and Trails,
then North Cheyenne Canon Park)
Uncle Wilber's Fountain
Acacia Park - Downtown Colorado Springs
http://www.springsgov.com/Page.asp?NavID=5590
Approx. May-September weather permitting
United States Olympic Training Center and Visitor Center
1750 E. Boulder St.
719-866-4618
www.usolympicteam.com
May-Sept, tours every ½ hour from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct.-April, tours every hour from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.