Leisure Travel

Area Attractions

Anheuser-Busch Tour Center (10 mi)
2351 Busch Drive
(Mountain Vista exit off I-25)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 490-4694

Tours: June-Aug: 9:30am-5pm; Sept: 10am-4pm; Oct-May: Thu-Mon, 10am-4pm.
Colorado's Front Range has evolved into a beer-making mecca, but the Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins brewery tour and Clydesdale Hamlet still reign as one of the most enjoyable local attractions. You will visit the Brew Hall, which overlooks the brewing control room, witness our packaging lines in action, and pass through the lager cellar, the very place where beer undergoes natural fermentation. At the tour's end, those 21 years of age or older may relax and enjoy complimentary tastings of the fine beers.

Bas Bleu Theatre Company (11 mi)
401 Pine Street
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 498-8949

The Bas Bleu Theatre Company (BBTC) opened in 1992 with the objective of presenting quality productions in an intimate “salon” theatre. The Company selects bold and adventurous plays, poetry, music, and art entertain and inform as well.

City Park Railway (13 mi)
1599 City Park Drive
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 416-2990

Hop on this miniature train with riding cars for all ages; drop-in rides, and rentals.
Open May-September.

Color Your World (11 mi)
240 Walnut St
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 495-1145

A "Paint It Yourself" Pottery Studio in charming Old Town Fort Collins. Painting your own pottery is fun for all ages and easy to do. Choose from over 300 items.

The Farm at Lee Martinez Park (12 mi)
600 N. Sherwood Street (near Old Town)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 221-6665

A trip to The Farm provides a unique outing for people of all ages! You will have an opportunity to interact with farm animals, go to the Farm museum and store, schedule a hayride in advance, and take a pony ride. Call for hours.

Fort Collins Municipal Railway
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 224-5372

The original Fort Collins Birney Safety Car has been restored and now operates weekends and holidays from noon-5PM. Car 21 was one of four cars purchased by the City in 1919. Running May through September.

Fort Collins Museum (11 mi)
200 Mathews Street
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 221-6738

The museum, which opened its doors in 1941, features regional cultural and natural history displays in three galleries. Heritage Courtyard has expanded to include three historic cabins, a wonderful plaza area and a one-room schoolhouse from 1905. The Museum cares for over 35,000 objects that represent our Fort Collins and regional history. Gift shop is open during museum hours.

Fort Fun (10 mi)
1513 E. Mulberry
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 472-8000

The Fort Fun experience embraces the youthful excitement of the new Mountain West framed in a setting filled with nostalgic reminders of its historical past. Set on a spacious 14 acres adjacent to the picturesque Cache la Poudre River, this beautifully designed park and family entertainment center is a playful adventure experience offering both outdoor and indoor activities.

The Gardens on Spring Creek (11 mi)
2145 S Centre Ave
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 416-2486

The Gardens on Spring Creek is the new community-oriented botanic gardens, set on 18 beautiful acres. It features a greenhouse filled with diverse plants, meeting room (available for rental), community gardens, Children's Garden, fruit and vegetable gardens, and a stunning ornamental garden with more than 1,000 perennials and 9,000 bulbs.

Grandview Cemetery (13 mi)
1900 W. Mountain Avenue
(Taft Hill & Laporte Ave)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 221-6810

Visit one of the most beautiful, historic cemeteries in the area featuring the graves of some of Fort Collins’ founders. You can pick up a map at the Visitor Information Center.

The Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center (45 mi)
4921 County Rd. 68-C
Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545
Phone: (888) STUPA-21

Shambhala Mountain Center is a mountain valley retreat located on 600 acres in northern Colorado. Since 1971 the Center has offered hundreds of programs on Buddhist meditation, yoga and other contemplative disciplines. Tamed by thirty years of use as a contemplative retreat, Shambhala Mountain Center is a place where one of the basic truths of Buddhism - that people can be profoundly open to the wisdom of the present moment - is always readily available. The Great Stupa is the most spectacular example of sacred Buddhist architecture outside Asia.

Larimer County Fairgrounds & Events Complex: The Ranch (12.2 mi)
5280 Arena Circle, Suite 100
Loveland, CO 80538
Phone: (970) 619-4000

The Ranch is the official name of the new Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex that opened in September 2003. The 243-acre campus is the home of the Colorado Eagles, Larimer County Fair and many other events.

Terry Bison Ranch (35 mi north)
51 I-25 Service Road East
Cheyenne, WY 82007
Phone: (307) 634-4171

The Terry Bison Ranch is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, about seven miles south of town. The ranch consists of nearly 30,000 acres of rolling hills and lush grasslands that expand into Colorado. The ranch is home for roughly 2,500 head of American Bison (buffalo). Take our motorized bison tour and get right in the middle of a herd. There is also a gift shop, restaurant & saloon. Schedule a guided horseback rides, a motorized tour, and train tour.