Things to Do in Colorado
Colorado runs on altitude: mountain towns are at their best from late spring to early fall, while the Front Range and western canyons stretch the season on either side. Use the map to pick an area, then open its guide for hours, fees and RV parking tips.
Colorado · Centennial State
Areas
12 on the map
1 with guides so far
Attraction guides
9
All in the Durango area
Elevation
3,317–14,440 ft
Plains to fourteeners
Seasons
May–Oct
Front Range parks open longer
Updated October 31, 2026 · Each guide covers hours, admission and RV parking
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Durango
The Durango & Silverton narrow gauge railroad, Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellings, the Animas River Trail, hot springs and summer fun at Purgatory.
See things to do in DurangoThe Durango & Silverton narrow gauge railroad, Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellings, the Animas River Trail, hot springs and summer fun at Purgatory.
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, ranger-led tours and mesa-top overlooks in the national park.
Hot springs and jeep trails in the San Juans. The Million Dollar Highway (US-550) is steep and narrow.
Wildflower meadows, Blue Mesa Reservoir and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison nearby.
Arkansas River rafting, hot springs and 14,000-ft peaks in the Collegiate range.
Colorado National Monument, Palisade orchards and wineries, and desert trails off I-70.
Hot springs pools and Glenwood Canyon along I-70 on the Colorado River.
A ski town with summer river tubing, hot springs and mountain biking.
The gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, with elk in town and Trail Ridge Road open in summer.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, museums and ballgames, with the foothills and I-70 into the mountains.
Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak and the Air Force Academy, with a milder climate than the mountains.
North America’s tallest dunes, with sandboarding and the seasonal Medano Creek at their base.
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Oxbow Park & Preserve
A 93-acre city park and riverside preserve on Durango’s north side, with a sandy beach, a paved boat ramp on the Animas River and quiet preserve trails where more than 100 bird species have been recorded.
Purgatory Resort
Ski 1,635 acres of San Juan Mountains terrain about 25 miles north of Durango on US-550, with the 2026/27 season scheduled to open November 20 and a new steep-terrain lift on the way.
Mesa Verde National Park
Walk the overlooks above Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings on a high green mesa about 35 miles west of Durango, where the park protects nearly 5,000 archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings.
Animas River Trail
A paved shared-use path that follows the Animas River for nearly 7 miles through Durango, linking riverside parks, downtown and the public library.
Lake Nighthorse
A 1,500-acre reservoir about two miles from downtown Durango, with a sandy swim beach, a boat ramp and stocked trout, open from spring until the winter closure in mid-November.
Animas Museum
Step into the 1904 Animas City School, a sandstone schoolhouse turned free local history museum, with a restored 1905 classroom, Wild West stories and an 1870s log cabin on Durango’s north side.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Oxbow Park & Preserve: Carol M. Highsmith on Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); Purgatory Resort: Stagefright07 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0); Mesa Verde National Park: mark byzewski on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Animas River Trail: cogdogblog on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Lake Nighthorse: Jeffrey Beall on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Animas Museum: Jeffrey Beall on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Header photo (Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad): Carol M. Highsmith on Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Map outline from the U.S. Census Bureau; roads from OpenStreetMap contributors.
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