Free Things to Do | COME TO LIFE Heritage Museum & 18 Limon Railroad Park Complex A visit to the plains wouldn’t be complete without popping into the white-sided 1894 pioneer schoolhouse, an excellent example of frontier education. 19 Hiwan Homestead Museum FRISCO HISTORIC PARK & MUSEUM Take a free guided tour of the Hiwan Homestead, a 25-room log lodge turned museum near Evergreen. Don’t miss the Native American art scattered around the home. Pros and total newbies will find tracks at this Boulder spot. Don’t miss the accompanying massive skate park, complete with bowls, rails, ledges, boxes and street features. 11 Valmont Bike Park 12 Rocky Ford Museum 13 Steam Engine 638 Peruse exhibits about the area’s history dating back to 1878, including its geology, archaeology and the everyday life of people in the Arkansas Valley. Trinidad has a rich railroad history. One interesting artifact of this legacy is the last coal-burning steam engine used by the Colorado and Southern Railway. 14 Sandhill Crane Migration Each spring, sandhill cranes migrate in magnificent fashion through the San Luis Valley. Catch a glimpse at the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge. 15 Cross a Rainbow Bridge Fort Morgan’s historic Rainbow Bridge is an engineering marvel built in 1923 and still standing strong. Venture across for great views of the Platte River. WOOD’S HIGH MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY 20 Fremont Ridge Site 21 Cano’s Castle 16 City of Murals Tour 17 Picture Canyon Located along the Rangely Rock Art Tour, Fremont is home to panels of petroglyphs, resembling carrot men, that can be seen on an easy out-and-back hike. 23 Linwood Cemetery Walk around Main Street in Delta to see murals and sculptures created by local artists that celebrate the heritage of the community. FROM TOP: TODD POWELL; WOOD’S HIGH MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY. Spot famed gunslinger Doc Holliday’s grave, plus outlaw Harvey Logan’s (member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch) tombstone in Glenwood Springs’ downtown cemetery. Four glimmering towers, made of mostly beer cans, rise into the sky off Antonito’s main street, making the fortification an oddity right in town. Emily Warner Field 24 Aviation Museum See where President Eisenhower landed when visiting nearby Fraser and check out the cuff links owned by renowned aviator Howard Hughes in Granby. Marvel at Native American rock art, pioneer homesteads and craggy geologic formations at this historic gem near Campo. 22 Montrose Botanic Gardens Behind gilded gates exists a green-thumb sanctuary of native plants, succulents and brightly colored flowers. 25 Aspen Art Museum View contemporary art from around the world in the museum’s thought-provoking exhibitions and immersive installations. COLORADO . COM 73
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