The Pikes Peak region offers a variety of
recreation opportunities. State and national parks and forests offer sites
for camping, picnicking and hiking.
The Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Department maintains
over 100 city parks and offers recreation programs for all ages. Programs
include team sports, fitness, and arts and crafts classes.
Garden of the
Gods is a 940 acre park containing unique rock formations.
Memorial Park, in Colorado Springs, has a year-round indoor
swimming pool, an ice arena, and the 7-Eleven Velodrome.
Pike National Forest covers 1 million acres west of Colorado
Springs. There are picnic areas, campgrounds, hiking and cross-country ski
trails. Rampart Reservoir allows camping, fishing, biking, and
picnicking.
Pikes
Peak, rising to 14,110 feet, is one of the most distinctive peaks
in Colorado's Front Range. The summit provides scenic views of the Rampart
Range, the Continental Divide, Colorado Springs, Denver and the eastern
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