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If you are looking to spend some extra time in the Fort Collins area, here are some options. Links are only included if Google is somehow not helpful.
Places to visit near Fort Collins
The following places would all require transportation of some sort (mostly renting a car). For details or travel advice, see Google, Trip Advisor, or write to Dan Bates.
- Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park: Very scenic, many reasonable hiking options, idyllic small town in a mountain valley. Approximately 45 minutes from Fort Collins.
- Denver: Good museums, nice zoo, good Children's Museum, nice parks, Red Rocks amphitheater, etc. About 1 hour from Fort Collins.
- Colorado Springs: Pike's Peak (by car of by train, Garden of the Gods, Cliff Dwellings, nice zoo, Air Force Academy (esp. the Chapel). About 2 hours from Fort Collins.
- Boulder.
Things to do while in Fort Collins
- Old Town: Many shops, restaurants within walking distance of CSU.
- Brewery tours
- New Belgium
- O'Dell's
- Fort Collins
- Pateros (New)
- CB & Potts (brewpub)
- Coopersmith's (brewpub)
- Funkwerks
- Black Bottle Brewery (New brewpub)
- Equinox Brewery
- Live music
- Aggie Theater
- Hodi's Half Note
- The Mishawaka (several miles up the Poudre River Valley)
- Movies
- Lyric Cinema: Independent run Theater. Wednesday nights are free (picked by the owner)
- Coffeeshop / Tea places
- The Wild Boar
- Cafe Vino
- Alley Cat
- Bean Cycle
- Starry Night
- Mug's
- Happy Lucky's Teahouse
- Dancing
- Salsa Dancing above the Rio on Tuesday Nights (7:30)
- Indigo Blues at the Masonic Temple on Friday Nights (8:30)
- Blues and Swing at Old Town Yoga on Saturday Nights (8:00)
- Kayaking/Rafting
- Several area companies provide bus transportation up the Poudre River, help you board a raft, then pick you up at the other end. See Google.
