Southeast Colorado Springs offers affordable living near Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base and the Colorado Springs Airport. It’s one of the oldest sections of the city and offers a variety of housing options, from apartments and townhomes to single-family ranchers and horse properties, new housing and resale.

Spring Creek is a traditional neighborhood development with a human-scaled street scape and front porches.

Pikes Peak Park runs along South Circle Drive and Chelton Road. Most of the homes here were built in the 1970s and early 1980s and mostly feed into Harrison School District 2.

The nearby Southeast Armed Services YMCA prides itself on serving military families as well as schools in the area and the community.

Outdoors and sports enthusiasts will find much to enjoy in the area, including the city-owned, 18-hole Valley Hi Golf Course, Covert Ops Paintball’s more than 15 acres for play, and The Aviary Disc Golf Course, a natural oasis in the middle of a primarily industrial area.

The Leon Young Sports Complex, with eight softball/baseball fields and a playground, was named after the city’s only black mayor who believed in supporting local youth.

The Sand Creek Trail begins a half mile southwest of Sierra High School, passes by the YMCA and runs through Wildflower Park near Wildflower Elementary School, with its athletic fields, picnic pavilion and playground.

Other green spaces in the area include Monterey, Centennial and Giberson parks.