The nearest draw to Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain National Park, 24 mi away
Roughly 4.2M visitors a year make it to Rocky Mountain National Park. Our list finds nothing inside Fort Collins, but 13 places within 40 miles. They include 5 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and a national park. Out of town, Empower Field at Mile High is 56 mi away.
Rocky Mountain National Park
National park in Colorado, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
Out at 39 mi is Fiske Planetarium, the farthest.
Orange: Fort Collins. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All 13 on the list
The list runs to 63 places, all within 60 miles.
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2Rocky Mountain National Park
National park in Colorado, United States.
4Coors Field
Baseball stadium in Denver, Colorado, USA; home venue of the Colorado Rockies.
5Longs Peak
Fourteenth and fifteenth highest mountain in the US state of Colorado (14,259')..
6Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Soccer-specific stadium located in Commerce City, Colorado, USA.
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9Lakeside Amusement Park
Family-owned amusement park in Lakeside, Colorado adjacent to Denver.
10Molly Brown House
Historic property formerly belonging to Molly Brown in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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12Cheesman Park
Human settlement in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
13Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
Protected area near Denver, Colorado.
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Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
Non-profit organization in the USA.
Denver Botanic Gardens
Nonprofit organization in United States of America.
Washington Park
Human settlement in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
Pawnee National Grassland
An area of protected and managed federal lands in northeastern Colorado.
Roosevelt National Forest
National forest located in north central Colorado, United States.
Elitch Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Central City Opera House
Theatre in Central City, Colorado, United States.
Colorado History Museum
Museum in Denver on the history of the state of Colorado.
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
University museum, geology in CO, United States.
American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection
Museum in Denver, Colorado.
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Boulder, Colorado.
Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
Toy museum in Denver, Colorado.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Fort Collins → · Fort Collins’ history →
Photo credits
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 · Longs Peak: Photo by Scott Bauer., Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Pawnee National Grassland: Marjaliisa, 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 · 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 · Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum: Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Cheyenne Botanic Gardens: Shane Smith,, Public domain · 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 · Laramie Plains Museum: Cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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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