Park sights in Colorado Springs
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Garden of the Gods
A compound of 13 bouldered peaks and soaring red rock pinnacles accessed by a network of concrete paths and trails. From the main parking area you'll see the Kissing Camels, White Rock and Tower of Babel right away. The Cathedral Towers and Sleeping Giant are further on.
It's a great place for families, as little ones love rambling the paths, while lovers snuggle or quarrel in shadows, and resident deer prance among the brush. This land was originally purchased in 1879 by Charles Elliot Perkins. He'd always wanted to make it an official public park and his kids carried out his wishes after his death. It became a park in 1909.
To be clear, this is not a wilderness…
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Acacia Park
The home of the Monday farmers market and the much loved Uncle Wilbur's Fountain, a lifeguard-monitored pop jet fountain with over 200 water jets, 52 of which are part of a play area where kids run and try to stem the unstoppable streams with their pitter patter. It's a good time, but remember this is also something of a downbeat gathering place for the road weary and lost among us.
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Memorial Park
Set just off downtown, with Prospect Lake surrounded by wide green lawns and ball fields, and Pikes Peak and the rest of the southern front range looming to the west, this is the city's biggest public park and the site of the Colorado Balloon Classic, held on Labor Day and one of America's biggest and best hot-air balloon festivals.
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Bancroft Park
There's a small historical display in leafy Bancroft Park, which is set smack in the middle of Old Colorado City. The centerpiece is the Old Pioneer County Bank. Built in 1859, it became, 10 years later, the first county office building, then became a Chinese laundry and antiques shop.
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