Visit Colorado, USA By Frederick Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Colorado is home to many endangered species and critical habitat for the likes of the peregrine falcon, bald eagles, Colorado pike minnow and razorback sucker. Ranger Talks are provided in the Summer months and there are nice book stores around here for visitors.

The Ghost Town Museum takes you back 200 years and you can journey to the old Wild West during the 1800’s and the era of Gold seekers. With a fully stocked general store, saloon and Victorian home all here.

The Museum Trading Company gives great gifts to visitors and is open all year round.

Denver Botanical Gardens is an oasis for urban people. It has lots of tropical plants and visitors can also see some of the best gardens in the world. The Helen Fowler Library is a must for all horticulturists.

Live plants, a gift shop, books and decorative items are also available. Seasonal special events are organized throughout the year.

Denver Zoo is lovely with rare collections from the wildlife of Colorado. A seven acre park has the world’s most endangered species of primates, tropical discovery and a giant indoor rainforest. It is open every day.

Speer Boulevard in stunning downtown Denver is Elitch Gardens Amusement Park. It has 41 exceptional rides and attractions, even a separate area called “Kiddieland”. In 1997 new attractions were added like the Mighty Mind Erasure, an inverted, suspended, looping coaster; The Tower of Doom, a 22 storey white knuckled free fall.; shipwreck falls, featuring a 50 feet water fall dive; Island Kingdom, a gigantic water adventure park.

Made in 1998, an all new kiddies play area is a must see. Do visit the new Elitch’s today.

The Anasazi Heritage Center can be seen through films, exhibits, hands on activities and a copy of a pit house. It has two trails for hiking and the half a mile of spectacular scenery.

Stretching along the river Arkansas is the most unusual recreational park, Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area. It provides the best of all the worlds along this legendry river. From its Northern boundary to the bass filled waters of Pueblo Reservoir.

Opportunities abound for fishing, canoeing, rafting, hiking, wildlife watching, kayaking, picnicking, camping, mountain climbing and sight seeing along the canyons, mountains and broad valleys.

Cherry Creek State Park is always bustling with people (1.5 million a year). It has an 880 acre surface lake that must be seen. It offers a great view of gentle rolling hills and complete outdoor recreational activities.

Tourists can watch birds in their natural habitat in the Birds Observatory. You can also do fishing, boating, jet and water skiing, sailing, swimming, biking and horse riding. You can do all these things right in the middle of an urban area.

It was the site for a prayer vigil and papal mass with Pope John Paul II on World Youth Day in 1993.

In the North East of Denver, just out of Fort Morgan is Jackson Lake State Park. It used to irrigate 17, 000 acres of crop in Morgan County. Now the lake has become an oasis for water related sports.

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