Boyd Lake State Park is the perfect place in Colorado’s best fishing adventure spots. It has in store all types of water recreations in every season. One can enjoy boating, fishing and also swimming fully here in the summer. Ice fishing and lake-side hiking is the real attraction here in the winter.

Boyd Lake State Park also has a sandy beach and a pavilion. Swimmers can have a relax time with a coffee at a coffee shop on the pavilion. There is also a campground here with 148 paved pull-through sites.

Group picnic can also be organized at the Mariner Point at Boyd. It has to be pre-reserved for groups of up to 200 people. It is located north of the marina cove on a secluded peninsular. The area which are to be reserved for the picnic are covered with pavilion, tables, fire grills, food preparation countertops, electrical outlets, water, sink, fireplace and more. Adjacent to the covered facility there is a volleyball court, horseshoe pits and also a playground.

The specialty of Boyd Lake State Park is that it is the perfect recreation spot for family with 148 campsites and 1,700-acre reservoir.

Cost of Admission: $6.00 per vehicle 10/1-4/30; $7.00 per vehicle 5/1-9/30

Hours: 5:00am-10:00pm unless actively fishing or camping.

Phone: 970-669-1739

Denver International Airport, well known as DIA is, 53 square miles by land (around 140 square kilometres), is the largest international airport in the USA and is the second largest international airport in the world, standing next to King Khalid International Airport. Moreover, the airport has the longest runway in the USA, named as Runway 16R/34L.

As of the year 2007, DIA was ranked as the 11th busiest airport in the world, with the traffic of 49,863,389 passengers. Based on the aircraft movements, DIA was listed as fifth busiest airport in the world. It is located in the North-East part of Denver, Colorado. The airport has non-stop serivce to and from most countries in Asia.

It was voted as the Best Airport in the year 2005, by the readers of Business Traveler Magazine and by Time Magazine, in the year 2002. Moreover, DIA has Wi-Fi access all over the airport, and is free for public, which is the largest free Wi-Fi airport in the world.

UCD, the shortened form of University of Colorado Denver, is a public university and is one of the three schols of University of Colorado system. There are two campuses in the university, one at the Anschutz Medical Campus, located at Aurora and the other one in Downtown, Denver, at Auraria Campus. The Aurora Campus is the main medical campus.

Campus at Downtown has both Graduate and Undergraduate courses. At present, there are around 27,000 students pursuing their education in both the campuses. The university conducts online classes as well, via CU Online. There are over 100 degree programs in 12 colleges and schools. UCD awards over 3,400 degrees every year, and allots more graduate degrees comparing to any other educational institution in Colorado.

Moreover, the university is one top organisation to employ more than 10,000 people in Denver, Colorado. The UCD serves a minimum of 500,000 patients every year, by its clinical and hospital services. The Anschutz medical campus is undergoing a renovation at the cost of $4.3 Billion.

No place other than Colorado can be your dream vacation destination. Rocky mountains and streams offer you an excellent sport environment, where you can get involved in fun activities such as skiing, whitewater rafting, mountaineering, fly fishing, scuba diving, biking, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, snowboarding, ice climbing, horseback riding, hot air balooning, kayaking and a lot more.

Rocky Mountains

Speaking about the Rocky Mountains (widely known as Rockies), it stretch around 4800 kms from North British Columbia, Canada to New Mexico, USA. Mount Elbert, highest peak in Rockies is 14,440 feet above the sea level. The best part of the Rockies is its climate. The average yearly temperature is 43 degree Farenheit. The hottest month is July when the average temperature goes up to 82 degree Farenheit, where as coldest month, January has the average temperature of about 7 degree Farenheit. This is why people love skiing at Rockies, especially in cold season.

To enjoy at least a part of them, you need to stay there for a week. But, where to stay? There are numerous vacation destinations in and around Rockies. So, Go.. Rock(y) your vacation!

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Built in 1926, the Wonder Tower is situated between New York and Denver. Earlier it was used by CW Gregory, Colorado’s P.T. Barnum, to spot the license plate of cars. After the death of C.W., the owners of the wonder tower from last 20 years are Jerry and Ester Chubbuck. They have very well maintained the tower and kept it alive for the general public. It costs just $1 for the admission in the tower.

Main attractions are a Two Headed Calf, Animal Monstrosities and a mess of spoons. It also has an Indian room with its walls painted by an Indian princess. The Animal Monstrosities room has an eight footed pig and one eyed pig both kept in separate jars. But the conditions of the jars are such that one is dusty dry while the other is leaking formaldehyde.

The top of the tower is a must visit place but is not advisable for faint hearted and flabby people.

Contact details:
Wonder Tower
30121 Frontage Rd, Genoa, CO
Hours : 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Phone : 719-763-2309

Colorado is one of the perfect vacation places for maximum and infinite pleasure for your holiday with your family. Apart from offering a great diversity of cuisine, culture, activities, and vacation values, the best part of going on vacation in Colorado is the magnificent and countless of nice attractions it has. Amusement parks, historical sites, modern and high-technology art, all you can find in Colorado. In order to spend your unique and quality meaningful moment with you family, the perfect place for you is Pikes Peak Country Attraction Association, located in Manitou Avenue, you can save your money by enjoying biking, horseback riding, rafting, or even enjoy the historical values.

For those who love history, they can enjoy the history of Colorado by visiting Colorado History Museum. You will be exposed to the present and past of Colorado history. For music and theatre lovers, the perfect place for them is Denver Centre for the Performing Arts. Live theatre and musical performance are performed at Denver Centre for the Performing Arts.

Indeed, there are so many amazing attractions in Colorado which one cant miss at all when travelling to Colorado.

Apart from the natural scenerios and adventurous events in Colorado, the state is famous for its wildlife too. Following are a few places where you can enjoy Colorado wildlife.

1. Lake Pueblo State Park – This is located in SouthEast region which comprises of wide range of mammals, including muskrats and beavers, red foxes and fox squirrels.

2. Bonny Lake State Park – Here you can watch newly hatched wood ducklings in summer and spring season.

3. Barr Lake State Park – This lake attracts different categories of water birds, including grebes, geese, coots, white pelicans and different species of duck.

4. Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge – This is the prime area to enjoy watching mallards, Canada geese, canvasbacks, redheads, ruddy ducks, green winged cinnamon teal and common mergansers.

5. Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge – In the early weeks of Spring i.e., just before ice gets melt down, you can watch hundreds of bald eagles hunting on fish.

If you are a lover of wildlife, then don’t miss any of the above parks when you visit Colorado.

Colorado Springs Airport is located miles from El Paso Country, southeast part of the Colorado Springs. This Aiport measures 280,000 square feet and on October 1994, 16 gate terminal was openeed to the public. An average of 2 million passengers pass through this Airport every year. COS is the abbreviation for Colorado Springs Airport. COS is well known for 2 things.
1. Panoramic views of the Front Range and Pikes Peak.
2. Growing business opportunities and development.

The airport is equipped well, so that it can handle around 100 departures and arrivals a day and serves eight airlines. Some among them are America West, United, Allegiant Air, Mesa, Continental Airlines and Delta. Also, the airfares are highly competitive. COS has non stop services to thirteen cities in the US. All facilities such as ATM centers, family care rooms, children’s play area, hotel services and a lot more. Local motels and hotels in Colorado springs offer to and fro shuttle service from COS.

Your trip to Colorado would not be completed, if you don’t visit Denver. There is an incredible building in Colorado, made of white granite. This building was built in the year 1886, with intensive care with the plan to stand for centuries. The dome of this building is becharming and dominates the skyline of Denver. The height is about 272 feet and is covered by gold leaf.

You will find wall paintings with in the building, that represent the history of the state. It is noted as a brillient piece of art and architecture, which words are not sufficient to describe. The better way to visit the capitol to take a guided tour. There are free tours avaiable and the guides will teach you about the Colorado history and the capitol construction. Generally tours take around 45 minutes, so that they are fit into any schedule. The capitol is from Monday to Friday, but will be closed on most holidays. Have fun!!!

When speaking about the “Must Visit” places in Colorado, Colorado Springs should not be missed out. It is an attractive city, located in Pikes Peak. The visitors will enjoy plenty of cultural, scenic and recreation opportunities at Colorado Spring. Pikes Peak, America’s famous mountain, is treated as the treasure of Colorado. There is a place near to Colorado springs where you will get chance to deeply into the earth. These explore passageways are filled with acidic water and lot more. This trip is known as Discovery Tour.

The travel goes up to 45 minutes walking tour, covering the distance of half a mile. Regardless to the outside temperature, you will feel 54 degrees Fahrenheit here. To be more adventurous, you can step forward to the Old West. Here, you will see the buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries. Once you pay a visit to Colorado, note down the above places and do not fail to visit those places at Colorado Springs.