From Colorado Springs' northern-most communities straddling Interstate 25 – including the Tri-Lake of Palmer Lake, Monument and Woodmoor – to its southern-most boundaries – occupied to a large extent by the US Army’s Fort Carson (named for Kit Carson) – and its eastern-most neighborhoods bordering Falcon, Peyton and the two local air force bases: Peterson and Shriver – this friendly, active community lies in the late afternoon to sunset shadow of the mountain that inspired “America the Beautiful.”

The greater Colorado Springs community attracts newcomers from all over the world for its majestic views, 300+ days of sunshine and near fanatical obsession with the outdoors: sports, biking, hiking, fishing, camping, or just stretching out on the grass at the edge of a huge lake in the middle of the area’s numerous 100+ acre parks.

The Colorado Springs area, home to award winning school district Academy District 20, is also home to other well-known and must-see or must-experience venues as:

Broadmoor Hotel & Resort began as a small hotel and casino in 1891 and was re-built and expanded with the existing facilities in 1918, featuring 700 rooms, 15 restaurants, a corporate meeting center, 3 golf courses and a world class spa.

Cave of the Winds is the oldest attraction is the area having served more than 450 million visitors since it was opened to tourists flocking to hear the sound of winds miles underground.

Garden of the Gods, the area’s most natural and arguably most magnificent attraction consists of a 1,400-acre “garden” of magnificent, multi-shaped red rocks, two flirtatious “Kissing Camel” visible from many parts of the area, and 56 miles of hiking, biking and horseback riding trails as well as numerous rock climbing challenges.

Glen Eyrie Castle is a 67-room, English Tudor castle built in the 1800s at the northwest end of Garden of the Gods that hosts afternoon teas, weddings, and animal sightings as it frequently is visited by big horn sheep, deer, wild turkey and deer.

Manitou Springs and Manitou Hot Springs, considered places of healing to native Americans, Manitou has an historic downtown with plenty of shopping and other activities for the whole family and a visit to the area would not be complete without a tour of the area’s historic mineral springs.

Norris-Penrose Arena (6,000 seat rodeo and entertainment center) that annually hosts the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

Old Colorado City is a national historic district that was once a major hub for mining supplies needed during the Pikes Peak gold rush and that today has its historic center of commerce inhabited by shops and restaurants while the surrounding neighborhoods still proudly display their Victorian-style homes.

Royal Gorge, a 10-mile long, 1,200 foot deep canyon formed over millions of years by waters that would become the Arkansas River, is served by a site seeing train that once provided transcontinental passenger travel and is spanned by the world’s highest suspension bridge;

Seven Falls is a series of seven cascading waterfalls in the foot hills just west of downtown Colorado Springs and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area for its long climb (224 stairs) or elevator ride to the top of the fall’s water source; it is widely heralded as the “Grandest Mile of Scenery in Colorado”.

U.S. Olympic Training Center boasting a 45,000 square foot aquatic training center.

US Air Force Academy and its architectural wonder, the Cadet Chapel, designed by Walter Netsch to replicate a line of fighter jet wings.

World Arena (8,000 seat sports and entertainment complex) and the World Arena Ice Hall (2,000 seats for ice skating competitions and the National Hocking League).

The area has hospitals that rank in the top 100 for heart disease, cancer treatment, women’s health and other areas of specialty. Its centers of advanced education are many and well known. It is a delightful mix of the very, very historic and the most modern ideas on master planned communities anywhere in the nation. Its creeks and rivers are fed by mountain snows to the west; its boasts ranch, private estate, multi-use, empty nest, family-oriented, and master planned living in hundreds of historic, classic, and modern neighborhoods.

Few people who come here can resist her; few people leave here willingly; few people who settle here can bare to leave.