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Attractions near Estes Park

From Estes Park, in town to Rocky Mountain National Park

Each year, some 4.2M people go to Rocky Mountain National Park. None of our places to visit is inside Estes Park; 16 are within 40 miles. The mix takes in 4 museums, 3 ski areas and 2 stadiums & arenas. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is worth a day, 52 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
73
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Rocky Mountain National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
6
Arapahoe Basin
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · in town

Rocky Mountain National Park

National park in Colorado, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Estes Park

The map ends at Central City Opera House, 39 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Best known first

73 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Coors Field

Stadium & arena · 51 mi southeast · 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 · 9 mi southwest · read 39K times a year on Wikipedia

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

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Loveland Basin Ski Area

Ski area · 52 mi southwest

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..

97 runs · 2,030 ft vertical · 7 lifts
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Estes Park → · Estes Park’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 · Arapahoe Basin: David Benbennick took this photo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Keystone: Ahodges7, 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 · Ames Monument: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Dinosaur Ridge: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Loveland Basin Ski Area: Blakeops at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Roosevelt National Forest: refractor, CC BY 2.0 · Alpine Visitor Center: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Arrowhead Lodge: Paul Murr, CC BY-SA 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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