HIKING

Bear Creek Nature Center — 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration: 719-520-6387, elpasocountynaturecenters.com.

• Boo! at Bear Creek, 3-4:30 p.m. for ages 4 and older, 6:15-7:45 p.m. for ages 6 and older, Saturday, $8-$10.

Cheyenne Mountain State Park — 410 JL Ranch Heights Road. Day pass $10 per vehicle; cpwconnect.state.co.us/d/cmsp/calendar.

• Meadow Nature Walk, 10 a.m. Sundays, Amphitheatre.

Mueller State Park — 21045 Colorado 67, Divide. Day pass $10 per vehicle; 719-687-2366.

• Pumpkin Hike, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Visitor Center. Drop off carved pumpkins for the trail and to be entered into contest, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through Thursday.

• Forst Bathing & Ephemeral Art, for ages 12 and older, 9:30-12:30 p.m. Saturday. Registration required.

• Junior Rangers on the Trail, for children with an adult, 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, Outlook Ridge Trailhead.

• Dark Sky Hike, 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 21, Outlook Ridge Trailhead.

COTREX — Colorado’s official trails app; trails.colorado.gov.

Rocky Mountain Trails — Information on more than 70 hikes; rockymountainhikingtrails.com.

FRIDAY

Homeschool Fridays: Discover the Wetlands — For children in grades 3-6, 2-4 p.m., Fountain Creek Regional Park, 2010 Duckwood Road, Fountain., $4. Registration: 719-520-6745, elpasocountynaturecenters.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Ghost Stories of Old Manitou Walking Tours — To benefit Manitou Springs Heritage Museum, starting at 5 p.m., Manitou Springs Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, $19.89. Tickets: manitouspringsheritagecenter.org/ghost-tours.

THROUGH OCT. 31

Trailability Program Hikes — Utilizes off-road mobility vehicles to allow members of the community and visiting guests with disabilities to experience trails previously inaccessible to them, Bear Creek Nature Center, 245 Bear Creek Road and Fountain Creek Nature Center, 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain. Registration: communityservices.elpasoco.com/trailability.

NATURE

Bear Creek Nature Center — 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration: 719-520-6387, elpasocountynaturecenters.com.

• Nature Explorers: Migratory Story, for ages 4-5 with an adult, 9-10:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, $3.

• Little Wonders: Amazing Acorns, for ages 2-3 with an adult, 9-10:15 and or 1-2:15 p.m. Oct. 22, $3.

Colorado Birding Trail — Coloradobirdingtrail.com lists places to see birds and wildlife.

Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center Meet & Greet Encounter — Check-in at 8:45 a.m. with tour at 9 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 4729 Twin Rock Road, Divide. For ages 18 and older, $140 through Oct. 31. Registration: wolfeducation.org.

SATURDAY

2025 Night Sky Program — Colorado Springs Astronomical Society provides telescopes and astronomer, 8-10 p.m., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, 15807 Teller County Road, 1, Florissant. Day pass $10 for ages 16 and older. Bring you own binoculars, lawn chairs and blankets; 719-748-3523, nps.gov/flfo.

RUNNING

Pikes Peak Road Runners — Registration: pprrun.org.

• Fall Series II and Kids Fall Series II, 10 a.m. with Kids Series at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, North Monument Valley Park, W. Fontanero Street & Culbera Avenue.

Jack Quinn’s Running Club — 5K, 5:15-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub, 21 S. Tejon St.; jackquinnsrunners.com.

Thursday Night Run Club — 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays, Cerberus Brewing Co., 702 W. Colorado Ave.; 719-636-2337, info@cerberusbrewingco.com.

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