Places to visit in Denver, led by Empower Field at Mile High
Roughly 1.6M visitors a year make it to Denver Zoo. The town itself has 28 places on our list; 30 others are within 40 miles. Look for 30 museums, 6 stadiums & arenas and 5 parks & preserves. Beyond the town, Rocky Mountain National Park sits 46 mi away.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Concert venue near Morrison, Colorado, United States of America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
The 30 outside town cluster to the west.
Orange: Denver. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
In town there are 28, and the list adds 48 more within 60 miles.
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3Coors Field
Baseball stadium in Denver, Colorado, USA; home venue of the Colorado Rockies.
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5Molly Brown House
Historic property formerly belonging to Molly Brown in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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7Cheesman Park
Human settlement in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
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10Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
Non-profit organization in the USA.
11Denver Botanic Gardens
Nonprofit organization in United States of America.
12Washington Park
Human settlement in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
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Elitch Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Colorado History Museum
Museum in Denver on the history of the state of Colorado.
American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection
Museum in Denver, Colorado.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Concert venue near Morrison, Colorado, United States of America.
Rocky Mountain National Park
National park in Colorado, United States.
Longs Peak
Fourteenth and fifteenth highest mountain in the US state of Colorado (14,259')..
Columbine Memorial
Memorial in Colorado commemorating the Columbine High School Massacre.
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Soccer-specific stadium located in Commerce City, Colorado, USA.
Lakeside Amusement Park
Family-owned amusement park in Lakeside, Colorado adjacent to Denver.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
Protected area near Denver, Colorado.
Loveland Basin Ski Area
Snow skiing area located in Colorado along the Continental Divide, with a peak elevation over 13,000 feet. The ski area sits above the Eisenhower and Johnson Tunnels on Interstate Highway 70 in Clear Creek County..
Denver Technological Center
Business park in Denver and Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Red Rocks Park
Historic district in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
Arapaho National Forest
National forest in north-central Colorado, United States.
Pike National Forest
National Forest in Colorado, USA administratively combined with the San Isabel National Forest in 1973.
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
Museum in Woodland Park, Colorado.
Rambler Ranch
Automobile collection and museum in Colorado, United States.
Central City Opera House
Theatre in Central City, Colorado, United States.
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
University museum, geology in CO, United States.
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Boulder, Colorado.
Western Museum of Mining & Industry
Mining museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
Toy museum in Denver, Colorado.
The places inside Denver lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Denver → · Denver’s history →
Photo credits
Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain · 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 · Denver Museum of Nature and Science: No machine-readable author provided. MisterHand~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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 · Ellie Caulkins Opera House: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forney Transportation Museum: myself (User:Piotrus), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clyfford Still Museum: Trueshow111, CC0 · Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 · Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art: 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 · Cranmer Park: Gnarlodious at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Firefighters Museum: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rocky Mountain National Park: Charles M. Sauer -- Charlessauer, 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 · Falcon Stadium: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Folsom Field: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lakeside Amusement Park: Atjoe1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arapahoe Basin: David Benbennick took this photo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Keystone: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway: Ken Gallager, Public domain · Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: Oborseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dinosaur Ridge: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Loveland Basin Ski Area: Blakeops at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Arapaho National Forest: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Arena: Icebourg, Public domain · Pike National Forest: Chris Short from Raleigh, NC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Heritage Square: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Argo Gold Mine and Mill: uploaded by User:Greverod, original User Greverod on sv.wikipedia., Public domain · Beaver Meadows Visitor Center: Dirk Huizenga, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: MCDinosaurhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Santa's Workshop: Avrand6, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Rambler Ranch: CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz, CC0 · Central City Opera House: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 · 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 · University of Colorado Museum of Natural History: Gaurav, CC BY 3.0 · Western Museum of Mining & Industry: Carl & Peggy Backes from Where the road takes us, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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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