10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (781+ words) Nearly 20 years of land and fees from Colorado Springs’ park land dedication ordinance have gone into preparing Grey Hawk Park to open by the end of 2025. Colorado Springs has used the ordinance since the 1970s to add new park property. The…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (615+ words) National parks tend to steal the spotlight, but some of Colorado’s most rewarding landscapes are found in its state parks. These smaller, often overlooked gems trade crowds and traffic for quiet trails, glassy lakes, towering waterfalls, and a slower kind…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (356+ words) Fishing on Palmer Lake Reservoir. Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail To find a lake in Colorado’s mountains, you might expect a long venture. And so the scene between the state’s two biggest cities is a surprise: emerald waters between forested slopes…...