Rocky Mountain National Park is one of North America’s most amazing outdoor displays. Its isolated biodiversity includes numerous species of plants and animals that are found nowhere else. Plus only here can you meet peaks like Shark’s Tooth, Cathedral Spires, or Long’s Peak. Learn More
Nationwide, non-native species like brown trout and Eastern brook trout have displaced the threatened greenback and even reproduced with it, based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Here's a look at why Greenbacks are the center of such fascination! Learn More
There are so many intriguingly unusual animals in the high elevations surrounding the Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park regions that we just have to highlight another rare experience: the birding here will surprise anyone who thinks they’ve seen them all. Learn More
The Stanley Hotel, where Jack Nicholson acted in “The Shining,” was the first fully electric hotel. It was built by F.O. Stanley, of steam car fame. And it’s right here in Estes Park. Learn More
We know there are a number of dining highlights from around the Estes Park area, but the Wine and Cheese is a specialty bistro-style boutique and wine bar that takes the wheel. Of cheese, that is—it won’t drive you home if you can’t drive yourself. Learn More
We’ve noticed that neighborhood festivals at or near sea level never seem to involve elk, so we highly recommend Elk Fest: Estes Park’s endearing festival for a refreshing change from the usual floats-and-candy routine. After all, wild elk are simply majestic. Learn More
The Aerial Tram over Estes Park is the perfect place to relax and take in the mountains as you ascend into the realm of the fourteeners (a mountain man term for a 14,000-foot-high peak). It’s a sensibility that combines stage fright, jitteriness and pure refreshment. Learn More
It’s always important to share the passionate exploration of how a region like Estes Park, with all of its natural beauty, is developed. Which is precisely why the Estes Park Museum was created by volunteers in 1962. Learn More
Fly fishing is an incredibly graceful and mind-quieting skill, an art you could say. And Estes Park is the place to do it, with cool, clear mountain streams that teem with trout of all types. No surprise: Estes Park is home to Kirk’s Fly Shop, and the finest in guided fishing… Learn More
Kayaking and live music are an odd combination, but they happen a lot in Estes Park. Especially now that the kayaking run is being expanded. You can rent a boat almost anywhere, for class II or III rapids, but this new run goes right through town. Learn More
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