Overview
Overlooking the town of Cripple Creek, the facility is the newest member of the Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association, and your complete source for Cripple Creek information. Stop here before entering the town for a birds-eye view of all there is to see and do in the heart of history!
This 11,600-square-foot Cripple Creek Visitors Center is designed in a style reminiscent of the town’s heyday; however, the technology is all 21st century. State-of-the-art doesn’t begin to describe what awaits you in the area’s newest Pikes Peak travel center: multiple hands-on exhibits combine interactive technology with tactile, audio and video techniques, for an opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the glory days of the World’s Greatest Gold Camp.
Other exhibits in our new Pikes Peak Visitors Center showcase area geology, flora and fauna, and regional recreation opportunities. Current exhibits include:
- Early Explorers
- Cripple Creek’s First Residents
- Faces from the Past
- American Indians
- Railroads
- Business of Mining
- Gold Camp Lifestyle
- All About Colorado
- Pikes Peak Gems and Minerals
- Time of the Giants
- Colorado’s Wildlife
- Regional Recreation
- Treasures of the Cripple Creek Mining District
