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Attractions near Brighton

The nearest draw to Brighton: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 30 mi away

Yearly visitors to Denver Zoo number about 1.6M. Look within 40 miles for the 56 places to visit; none is inside Brighton. They include 28 museums, 7 stadiums & arenas and 5 parks & preserves. For a full day, there is Rocky Mountain National Park, 43 mi away.

Attractions nearby
68
within 60 miles
The big one
30 mi
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Winter Park Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theatre · 30 mi southwest

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Concert venue near Morrison, Colorado, United States of America.

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Places on the map

Out of town, most of the 56 are to the southwest.

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Orange: Brighton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of it

All 68 on the list lie within 60 miles.

Coors Field

Stadium & arena · 18 mi southwest · read 66K times a year on Wikipedia

Baseball stadium in Denver, Colorado, USA; home venue of the Colorado Rockies.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Longs Peak

Mountain · 48 mi northwest · read 39K times a year on Wikipedia

Fourteenth and fifteenth highest mountain in the US state of Colorado (14,259')..

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Brighton → · Brighton’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rocky Mountain National Park: Charles M. Sauer -- Charlessauer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Blue Sky: Lookinhere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longs Peak: Photo by Scott Bauer., Public domain · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain · Folsom Field: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lakeside Amusement Park: Atjoe1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Molly Brown House: Self, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Art Museum: Archipreneur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cheesman Park: R0uge, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway: Ken Gallager, Public domain · Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: Oborseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Museum of Nature and Science: No machine-readable author provided. MisterHand~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · Dinosaur Ridge: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Technological Center: Stormerne at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Park: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colorado Railroad Museum: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Zoo: Donlammers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum: Wings Over the Rockies, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arapaho National Forest: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Arena: Icebourg, Public domain · Denver Botanic Gardens: Laurascudder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Park: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · City Park: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Square: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colorado Governor's Mansion: Jirodrig at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Downtown Aquarium, Denver: Ginkgo100 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elitch Theatre: Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Argo Gold Mine and Mill: uploaded by User:Greverod, original User Greverod on sv.wikipedia., Public domain · Ellie Caulkins Opera House: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forney Transportation Museum: myself (User:Piotrus), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Beaver Meadows Visitor Center: Dirk Huizenga, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Clyfford Still Museum: Trueshow111, CC0 · Bowles House: Bpvideo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Butterfly Pavilion: Jared Winkler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Infinity Park: Michael Boyer Crop: User:Ham105, CC BY 3.0 · Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 · Rambler Ranch: CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz, CC0 · Central City Opera House: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 · Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 · Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory: Own work by Tom Churchill, CC BY 2.5 · Children's Museum of Denver: Children's Museum of Denver, Public domain · Colorado History Museum: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fiske Planetarium: Nwest21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Plains Conservation Center: Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cranmer Park: Gnarlodious at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Firefighters Museum: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Colorado Museum of Natural History: Gaurav, CC BY 3.0 · Blanche A. Wilson House: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys: JessicaSmithCO, CC BY 4.0 · Hiwan Homestead Museum: 25or6to4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakewood Cultural Center: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vintage Aero Flying Museum: LanceBarber at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wild Basin Ranger Station: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

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