The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens are one of the world's highest botanical garden, located in Vail, Colorado, at an 8,200 feet altitude in the Rocky Mountains. The Gardens are open to the public year-round. The gardens contain about 2,000 vari... Read more >

The park protects a quarter of the Gunnison River, which slices sheer canyon walls from dark Precambrian-era rock. The canyon features some of the steepest cliffs and oldest rock in North America, and is a popular site for river rafting an... Read more >

The Butterfly Pavilion is located in Westminster, Colorado. It opened on July 15, 1995, and was the first stand-alone non-profit insect zoo in the United States. The 30,000-square-foot facility is situated on 11 acres of land, and contains... Read more >

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a zoological park located southwest of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Cheyenne Mountain. At an elevation of 6,714 feet above sea level, it is the highest zoo in the country. The zoo covers 140 acres, 4... Read more >

Colorado State University Campus Arboretum is located in Fort Collins, CO.

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The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public botanical garden located in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The 23-acre (93,000 m2) park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater, which hosts ... Read more >

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help museum visitors learn about the natural history of Colorado, Earth, and th... Read more >

Denver Zoo is an 80-acre nonprofit zoological garden located in City Park of Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1896, it is operated by the Denver Zoological Foundation and funded in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)... Read more >

The tallest sand dunes in North America, up to 750 feet (230 m) tall, were formed by deposits of the ancient Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley. Abutting a variety of grasslands, shrublands, and wetlands, the park also has alpine lakes, six... Read more >

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in Boulder, Colorad features more than four million artifacts and specimens in the areas of anthropology, botany, entomology, paleontology and zoology. The museum houses one of the most ... Read more >

Pueblo Zoo is a 25-acre zoo located in Pueblo, Colorado. The zoo is open year-round and is home to over 420 animals of more than 140 species. The Pueblo Zoological Society manages the zoo, which is accredited by the Association of Zoos and... Read more >

Bisected north to south by the Continental Divide, this portion of the Rockies has ecosystems varying from over 150 riparian lakes to montane and subalpine forests to treeless alpine tundra. Wildlife including mule deer, bighorn sheep, bla... Read more >

The Arboretum At Regis University is located in Denver, CO.

The Arboretum on the Northwest Denver Campus of Regis University consists of more than 1,280 trees, 85 genuses and more than 290 species or cultivars.

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University Of Denver Chester M. Alter Arboretum is located in Denver, CO.

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