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Pikes Peak & Southern Colorado
Start in Colorado Springs, Salida or Alamosa for red-rock paths, an Arkansas River town or the San Luis Valley.
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Pikes Peak & Southern Colorado, a little closer.
Start in Colorado Springs, Salida or Alamosa for red-rock paths, an Arkansas River town or the San Luis Valley. The southern mountains and southeastern plains deserve unhurried days.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Colorado photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Aerial view of some of the standout red-rock formations at the Garden of the Gods, a municipally owned and free park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For half a century or more, photographs of this place as well as the bridge over the chasm known as the Royal Gorge and Pikes Peak Mountain above Colorado Springs have served as powerful tourist magnets for the state — Carol M. Highsmith. Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Arkansas River Walk in downtown Salida (2026)-104A8147.jpg — Frank Schulenburg. Own work CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- View of the tallest dune in North America at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, in the San Luis Valley near Alamosa, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith. Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Colorado FIPS08. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.