12 days in Colorado Springs Itinerary

Stunning Garden of the Gods Park scenery, blue skies and the glory of Pikes Peak-America’s Mountain have attracted visitors to Colorado Springs for more than a century.

Popular historic sites such as Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site and Peterson Air & Space Museum are in your itinerary. Explore hidden gems such as Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Get out of town with these interesting Colorado Springs side-trips: Florissant Fossil Quarry (in Florissant), Cripple Creek (Cripple Creek District Museum & Outlaw and Lawmen Jail Museum) and Mueller State Park (in Divide). There's still lots to do: trek along Palmer Park, see the interesting displays at Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, get a dose of the wild on Colorado Wolf Adventures, and walk around North Cheyenne Canon Park.

To see ratings, maps, and other tourist information, read our Colorado Springs itinerary planner.

Fayetteville to Colorado Springs is an approximately 6.5-hour flight. You can also drive; or take a bus. The time zone difference moving from Eastern Standard Time to Mountain Standard Time is minus 2 hours. Traveling from Fayetteville in June, things will get a bit cooler in Colorado Springs: highs are around 84°F and lows about 54°F. Cap off your sightseeing on the 17th (Sat) early enough to catch the flight back home.