Tag: National Parks
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Mark your calendar for free days at Colorado’s national parks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s the busy season for Colorado’s national parks and monuments — summer, when more than ever drivers pay entrance fees up to $35. That won’t be required on select dates in the weeks and months ahead. June 19 is the National Park Service’s next “fee-free day.”…
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The presidents behind Colorado’s national parks and monuments: A timeline
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Several presidents have their names attached to some of Colorado’s greatest natural treasures. After all, it takes a president’s pen to create national parks and monuments. This Presidents Day, we’re reflecting on the history of these designations. However distant these scenic wonders on the opposite…
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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in…
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Impending government shutdown could affect thousands of local troops, federal employees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The end of the 2023 fiscal year is rapidly approaching, and with it, the increasing possibility of a government shutdown as Congress remains at an impasse on a federal budget. If members of Congress cannot agree on the appropriation bills that fund federal agencies before…
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Mark your calendar for free day at Colorado’s national parks
The opportunity comes around only so often to visit America’s national parks free of charge. Take advantage Friday. That’s the National Park Service’s next free entrance day, including for Colorado’s four national parks: Rocky Mountain, Great Sand Dunes, Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Mesa Verde. If you’re eyeing Rocky Mountain, be advised timed entry…
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Free day coming up at national parks in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A visit to one of America’s highest-regarded natural treasures is one way to celebrate Earth Day. Even better: You can do it while saving money. Earth Day is April 22, which happens to coincide with the start of National Park Week. It’s one of the…
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Free day at national parks coming up
A rare opportunity will grant you the benefits of national parks without having to pay. Saturday is National Public Lands Day, and the National Park Service is celebrating by waiving entrance fees to the country’s natural gems. That includes four national parks in Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve,…
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Record spending reported at Colorado’s national parks in 2021
Visitors spent more money than ever at Colorado’s national parks in 2021, according to a government report. The annual report determined 7.8 million parkgoers collectively spent an estimated $560 million, with most of that going toward lodging, eating and filling up the gas tank. Those expenses and more supported 7,570 jobs in and around Colorado’s…
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John Otto saw ‘the heart of the world’ in western Colorado — but it’s often missed today
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado National Monument occupies the same plateau as Arches and Canyonlands national park — but here, the people are much fewer. And while the 23-mile point-to-point cruise on Rim Rock Drive is the most common way to experience the preserve from above, not to be…
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LIST: 10 museums that unearth Colorado’s wild history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s rough and rowdy days can be hard to recall in the mountain towns where they unraveled. Many of these places have opted for the glitz and glamour of resorts. But all around are bases where that history is preserved. Here’s a list of museums…