For more than 2 years now, we here at Only in Colorado have been bringing you some of the best restaurants, attractions, hikes, and more from around our beautiful state… but do you want to know what we realized? Only in Colorado has never talked about the things that you can ONLY do in Colorado! Let’s change that, shall we? Here are 11 things that you can only find in Colorado:
Please note, Casa Bonita is temporarily closed.
- An average of 300 sunny days per year
Flickr/AJ Schroetlin Yes, we get a lot of snow… but it could blizzard one morning and be sunny and gorgeous that afternoon. Welcome to Colorado!
- The Disneyland of Mexican restaurants
Flickr/Ian Collins The food definitely isn’t Dole Whips and popcorn, but the atmosphere is pretty rad! (Well, minus the unbearable humidity and long lines… maybe it is like Disney!)
- The world’s best skiing…
Flickr/Owen Richard Skiing in Vermont? Don’t make me laugh.
- …hiking…
Flickr/Josef Hanning The hills are steep and the scenery is spectacular!
- …and biking.
Flickr/reid.neureiter See: Hiking description.
- Legal weed
Flickr/Kent Kanouse Obviously, we aren’t the only state that has legal weed, but we are the only state where you can get that authentic Rocky Mountain High. wink
- Going to a concert in a bunch of rocks
Wikimedia Commons Once you’ve seen a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, you will be ruined for LIFE.
- Walk around a REALLY old house
Flickr/U.S. Department of the Interior When we say REALLY old, we mean REALLY old (like, these Ancestral Puebloan ruins were built in approximately 600 AD)!
- Finally, only in Colorado will you find the high plains…
Flickr/Ben Simo High meaning the elevation, of course…
- …sprawling desert…
Flickr/Bryce Bradford Little do outsiders know that the Centennial State is home to not just mountains, but also the impressive 85,000-acre Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
- …and mountains all in one place!
Flickr/nigelmenzies Seeing this photo of Pikes Peak makes me want to write a song! “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain. For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!” Oh wait… somebody already beat me to writing this? Well, shoot.
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Flickr/AJ Schroetlin
Yes, we get a lot of snow… but it could blizzard one morning and be sunny and gorgeous that afternoon. Welcome to Colorado!
Flickr/Ian Collins
The food definitely isn’t Dole Whips and popcorn, but the atmosphere is pretty rad! (Well, minus the unbearable humidity and long lines… maybe it is like Disney!)
Flickr/Owen Richard
Skiing in Vermont? Don’t make me laugh.
Flickr/Josef Hanning
The hills are steep and the scenery is spectacular!
Flickr/reid.neureiter
See: Hiking description.
Flickr/Kent Kanouse
Obviously, we aren’t the only state that has legal weed, but we are the only state where you can get that authentic Rocky Mountain High. wink
Wikimedia Commons
Once you’ve seen a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, you will be ruined for LIFE.
Flickr/U.S. Department of the Interior
When we say REALLY old, we mean REALLY old (like, these Ancestral Puebloan ruins were built in approximately 600 AD)!
Flickr/Ben Simo
High meaning the elevation, of course…
Flickr/Bryce Bradford
Little do outsiders know that the Centennial State is home to not just mountains, but also the impressive 85,000-acre Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
Flickr/nigelmenzies
Seeing this photo of Pikes Peak makes me want to write a song! “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain. For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!” Oh wait… somebody already beat me to writing this? Well, shoot.
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