Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
***We recommend that you do not use a GPS system to find our KOA.*** Please follow our directions below:
From I-25: Take I-25 exit 269B (Highway 14/Mulberry Street) west.
Take Mulberry street west about 5 miles to Riverside. Turn right. Take Riverside to College Ave/Highway 287 and merge right/going north. Take Highway 287 to the roundabout. Follow the left lane and go through the roundabout towards the town of Laporte. At County Road 54G/Taft Hill Road, there is a stoplight. Turn left on Taft Hill Road. We are .6 miles south on the left. There is a left turning lane.
Fort Collins is set the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Fort Collins has an adventurous and relaxed feel with many local area attractions, recreation, breweries, and much more! Planning your adventures can be difficult with all Fort Collins/Lakeside KOA Holiday has to offer along with the sightseeing and adventures around. With the help of our suggested local attractions and activities, your next Fort Collins adventure will be an experience you will never forget!
Make a reservation today to explore the great offerings and explorations of the Rocky Mountains!
There is an extensive list of things to do around Fort Collins which includes water sports in the warmer months and winter sports in the colder months. These adventures, mixed with many indoor activities and attractions such as local breweries, Museums, Observatory Village, Old Town, and More, You are sure to have an action-packed vacation when staying at Fort Collins/Lakeside KOA Holiday!
Don't miss Fort Collins if you are a beer aficionado. Check out the following:
1. Anheuser-Busch Tour Center
2. Black Bottle Brewery
3. CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery
4. CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing and Billiards
5.. Equinox Brewing
6. Fort Collins Brewery & Modern Tavern
7. Freedom's Edge Brewing Company
8. Horse & Dragon Brewing Company
9. New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
10. Odell Brewing Company
11. Pateros Creed Brewing Co.
12. Zwei Brewing
Take 14 West into the mountains off of Highway 287. The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River (called the "Poudre" for short, which locals pronounce as "Pooder") in Larimer County, Colorado. The canyon is a glacier-formed valley through the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins. The Poudre is Colorado's only nationally designated "wild and scenic" river. Highway 14 is designated a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway between Fort Collins and Walden. Hiking, picnicking, winter sports, hunting, fishing, whitewater rafting & wildlife viewing await you.
Fort Collins, CO
See the Colorado State University campus, take in a sporting event or CSU Summer Café' Theatre.
The outdoor display and test areas at the Annual Flower Trial Garden were established to allow students, researchers, industry representatives, homeowners and extension personnel to learn, teach and evaluate through horticultural research and demonstration projects conducted in the unique environmental conditions of the Rocky Mountain/High Plains region. Garden Hours and Season: The garden is open daily to the public, free of charge. The entire garden is planted with annuals from late May through October. Pansies are planted in the fall and are on display through early spring. The perennial trials are displayed year round across the street in front of the Center for the Arts. You are encouraged to visit and take note of the new varieties being grown and to observe and study the different growth habits, tolerances and visual characteristics of the many different varieties that have been put on display.
1401 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80523
The main objectives of this demonstration garden are to determine which woody plants are best suited for growing in the Rocky Mountain area and display these plants for public and teaching purposes. In the spring of 2003, we lost approximately one and one half acres of the arboretum for the construction of a new dormitory on campus. The approximately 120 taxa of plants located in this area were tree spaded to a new arboretum site off of Center Avenue, north of Spring Creek and adjacent to the new City of Fort Collins horticulture center (The Gardens at Spring Creek).
630 West Lake Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
We are the Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society, an all-volunteer organization working with the city of Fort Collins, CO to provide a heritage streetcar experience. One of the few remaining original trolley systems in the nation, this restored 1919 Birney streetcar runs on its original route, along Mountain Avenue for 1 1/2 miles from City Park to Howes Street. Hours: May-Sept Sat-Sun and holidays only, noon-5pm * Location: Oak and Roosevelt, at City Park *
1. Edora Park/EPIC, 1801 Riverside Drive, 970-221-6660, www.fcgov.com/parks
2. Farm at Lee Martinez Park, 600 N. Sherwood St., 970-221-6665
3. Fossil Creek Park, 5821 S. Lemay
Fort Collins community botanic garden features several display gardens and greenhouse. Education classes are offered for children and adults, there are spaces available for rent, and special events throughout the year. Don't miss the Garden of Lights in December!
2145 Centre Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80526
1. City Park Nine golf clubhouse, 411 S. Bryan, 970-221-6650
2. Collindale golf clubhouse, 1441 E. Horsetooth, 970-221-6651
3. Link-n-greens, 777 E. Lincoln Ave., 970-221-4818
4. Mountain Vista greens, 2808 N.E. Frontage Road, 970-482-4847
5. Southridge golf clubhouse, 5750 S. Lemay, 970-416-2828
Parking is available at two locations: the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space trailhead parking area, immediately off CR 38 E approximately 5 - 6 miles west of the intersection of Harmony and Taft Hill in Fort Collins, and the Soderberg Open Space trailhead parking area, accessed by following signs to Inlet Bay off of Shoreline Drive. Drinking water is available at the trailhead. Please be sure to carry enough for your hike or ride. This is a very popular open space, so if you should arrive and find the parking lot full you will know that the trails are at maximum capacity. Please consider one of our other open spaces, such as Devil's Backbone Open Space or Rimrock Open Space for your outdoor enjoyment that day, and come back to Horsetooth Mountain Open Space another time.
Hit the trail at Lory State Park and enjoy mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding amid some fabulous foothills scenery just minutes from Fort Collins and adjacent to Horsetooth Reservoir.
1. Avery House, 328 W. Mountain, 970-221-0533, www.poudrelandmarks.org
2. Bee Family Centennial Farm Museum, 4320 E. County Road 58, 970-482-9168, www.beefamilyfarm.com
3. Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, 201 S. College, 970-482-2787, www.fcmoca.org
4. Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center, Mason & Cherry, 970-221-6738, www.fcmdsc.org
Stargazer Observatory Thanks to a unique partnership with Village Homes, FRCC operates an astronomy laboratory at Observatory Village, a housing development in southeast Fort Collins. Stargazer Observatory features a 14-inch Celestron C-14 telescope and Bisque Paramount ME mounting system. The telescope's software contains a database of more than 30 million pieces of information, some gleaned from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., and the space-based Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog. In addition to the Celestron C-14 in the dome, other FRCC telescopes may be set up on a viewing balcony at Stargazer Observatory.
3733 Galileo Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80528
Get a feel for settler life in this well-preserved downtown district of 23 historical buildings that are part of both national and local designated historic districts. Included is the Armstrong Hotel, a Fort Collins landmark that was restored in 2004 to its former Art Deco elegance. You're likely to notice a strong resemblance to Disneyland's Main Street USA: we're proud to say that it is modeled after our own downtown Fort Collins! Old Town Fort Collins is lined with nature, tourist, antique, retail, and candy and confectionery shops. There are a variety of restaurants (over 80 of them) to provide a taste for any craving, and countless places to dine outdoors. Additionally, ride the only original trolley car west of the Mississippi through a beautiful historic Old Town neighborhood. And on any given day, you can enjoy the sounds of live music drifting through the square.
Don't miss one of our National Parks which is located less than 1 hour from Fort Collins! This living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak, provides visitors with opportunities for countless breathtaking experiences and adventures.
The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program encourages stewardship of heritage resources through excellence in raptor rehabilitation, education and research.
2519 S. Shields
#115
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Attracting thousands of visitors a year from all over the world, The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is the largest and most elaborate example of Buddhist sacred architecture in North America. After 14 years of construction, the Stupa was formally opened to the public in August of 2001.
4921 County Road 68-C
Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545
From snowshoeing to ice fishing to brewery hopping, there is so much to enjoy around Fort Collins during the winter months!
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