12 days in Colorado Springs Itinerary

Stunning Garden of the Gods Park scenery, blue skies and the glory of Pikes Peak-America’s Mountain have attracted visitors to Colorado Springs for more than a century.

Get some cultural insight at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum and Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center. Eschew the tourist crowds and head to Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center and Mueller State Park. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Colorado Springs: Cañon City (The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey & Tunnel Drive), Cripple Creek (Outlaw and Lawmen Jail Museum, Old Homestead House Museum, &more) and Florissant Fossil Quarry (in Florissant). There's much more to do: see the interesting displays at Western Museum of Mining and Industry, head outdoors with Adventures Out West, engage your brain at Peterson Air & Space Museum, and take an in-depth tour of ANA Money Museum.

To see more things to do, where to stay, ratings, and more tourist information, refer to the Colorado Springs trip planner.

Expect a daytime high around 86°F in July, and nighttime lows around 58°F.