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Attractions near Palmer Lake

Nothing in Palmer Lake itself: Pikes Peak is 20 mi away

Palmer Lake and its surroundings hold 11 museums, 2 mountains and 2 landmarks. The town has no place on our list of its own; 27 are within 40 miles. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument sees about 64K visitors a year. Day-trippers head 41 mi out to Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Attractions nearby
82
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Pikes Peak
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
4
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 20 mi south

Pikes Peak

Mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The map view

Out of town, most of the 27 are to the south.

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

Everything nearby

All of it

Here are the 82 places within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Palmer Lake → · Palmer Lake’s history →

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

Pikes Peak: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North American Aerospace Defense Command: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Garden of the Gods: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Blue Sky: Lookinhere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain · Weidner Field: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Cheyenne Mountain: Jimmy from Grand Junction, CO, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lakeside Amusement Park: Atjoe1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Park City: Ken Gallager, Public domain · Royal Gorge: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Molly Brown House: Self, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway: Milan Suvajac, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cheesman Park: R0uge, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Denver Art Museum: Archipreneur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Royal Gorge Route Railroad: Self-scanned by original uploader JGHowes at en.wikipedia (Original text: From , Public domain · Cave of the Winds: Chris Lott from Fairbanks, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Denver Museum of Nature and Science: No machine-readable author provided. MisterHand~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · 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 · Denver Technological Center: Stormerne at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: Ken Brazier (Ken g6), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colorado Railroad Museum: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Park: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denver Zoo: Donlammers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun: Matt Wright, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Denver Botanic Gardens: Laurascudder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manitou Cliff Dwellings: Obiwan23 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pike National Forest: Chris Short from Raleigh, NC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Washington Park: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: Unknown, 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 · United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum: Visitcos, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: JAKeeran, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Infinity Park: Michael Boyer Crop: User:Ham105, CC BY 3.0 · Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 · Peterson Air and Space Museum: Leoparmr, CC BY-SA 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 · Monument Valley Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Rosemount Museum: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 · 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 · Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory: Own work by Tom Churchill, CC BY 2.5 · Denver Firefighters Museum: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Plains Conservation Center: Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Museum of Mining & Industry: Carl & Peggy Backes from Where the road takes us, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center: CaroleHenson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cranmer Park: Gnarlodious at English Wikipedia, 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 · Blanche A. Wilson House: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0

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