Tag: happy trails
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Happy Trails: Hiking in Colorado
Explore the best trails for hiking in Colorado with the Happy Trails series. In Colorado Springs and the colorful state beyond, opportunities for adventure are endless. And we here at The Gazette want to help you on your way. This continuing Gazette series explores the best of what the Colorado outdoors has to offer. Check…
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Happy Trails: A splendid loop around Colorado Springs’ Bear Creek Regional Park
Not far from the heart of Colorado Springs, Bear Creek Regional Park is a lot of things. It’s a place to let the furry companions run free (the dog park is super popular). A place of playgrounds for the kids and open fields for the whole family. A place for gardening. But more than anything,…
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Classic Happy Trails: The cool, wild escape of Seven Bridges in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs, one of the most popular trails around showcases perhaps the city’s finest attribute: its wildness. Between the rocky, forested walls of North Cheyenne Canon, it’s a wonder to think downtown shops, bars and eateries are only a 10-minute drive away. It’s a wonder that might occur to the masses on Seven Bridges…
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Happy Trails: Getting to know lesser-appreciated side of Blodgett Open Space
SOUTH BLODGETT LOOP The Colorado Springs parks department has a vision for Blodgett Open Space — a new master plan for development over the next 15 to 20 years. That includes a trail system expanding south of the long-beloved entrance on the city’s northwest side. The city has steadily acquired land to grow the open…
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Happy Trails: Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and now up close in the woods by Palmer Lake. But the name could be deceiving as the trail does not…
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Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and…
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Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and now up close in the woods by Palmer Lake. But the name could be deceiving as the trail does not…
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Happy Trails: A hidden oasis of nature, views in Colorado Springs neighborhood
We have big-name open spaces in Colorado Springs. Names like Red Rock Canyon, Stratton and Blodgett. And then there are smaller names. Names like High Chaparral. It is among a short list of city open spaces that find themselves tucked in neighborhoods, breaking the sprawl of houses as they were built. However small, they speak…
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Happy Trails: Catching one of the best views between Colorado Springs and Denver
Daniels Park finds itself in a high plains environment — no less splendid than those mountainous parcels. It’s tucked away at a point where urban sprawl meets the wild. Daniels Park Whether approaching from Interstate 25 through Castle Pines or from U.S. 85 through Sedalia, you might be surprised by what you find at Daniels…