Adams State University — Alamosa, CO

🌳 Cole Park — Alamosa (riverside trails, playground, and picnic spots)

🎨 San Luis Valley Museum — Alamosa (local history & fun exhibits)

🦋 Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge — Alamosa (scenic drives & easy trails)

🎢 Splashland Hot Springs — Alamosa (family pool with warm water)

🛝 Carroll Park — Alamosa (playground)

🎳 ABC Pro Bowl — Alamosa

☀️ Downtown Alamosa Shops & Farmers Market — Alamosa

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 San Luis Valley Brewing Co. — Alamosa

🍕 Nino’s Mexican Restaurant — Alamosa

🥞 The Roast Café — Alamosa

🌮 Calvillo’s Restaurant — Alamosa (local favorite Mexican buffet)

🍗 Campus Café — Alamosa

🍦 Milagros Coffeehouse & Creamery — Alamosa

☕️ Blessed Brews Coffee Co. — Alamosa

🥗 Locavores — Alamosa (healthy wraps & local bowls)

Black Hills State University — Spearfish, SD

🌳 Spearfish City Park — Spearfish (playground, creek, and mini train)

🎨 D.C. Booth Historic Fish Hatchery — Spearfish (great for kids)

🦋 Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway — Spearfish (short drives to waterfalls)

🎢 Spirit of the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary — Spearfish (animal rescue tours)

🎳 Lucky Strike Lanes — Spearfish

☀️ Downtown Spearfish Main Street — boutiques and family dining

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Steerfish Steak & Smoke — Spearfish

🍕 Dough Trader Pizza Company — Spearfish (old-school pizzeria)

🥞 Leones’ Creamery & Café — Spearfish

🌮 Barbacoa’s Burritos & Bowls — Spearfish

🍗 Killian’s Food & Drink — Spearfish

🍦 Dairy Queen — Spearfish

☕️ The Green Bean Coffeehouse — Spearfish

🥗 Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant — Spearfish

Chadron State College — Chadron, NE

🌳 Chadron State Park — Chadron (hiking, mini lake, playground)

🎨 Museum of the Fur Trade — Chadron (interactive exhibits)

🦋 Ridgeview Trails — Chadron (kid-friendly hikes)

🎢 Legion Park Playground — Chadron

🎳 Valentine Lanes — Chadron (classic bowling)

☀️ Downtown Chadron Main Street — family-friendly shops

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Bean Broker Coffeehouse & Pub — Chadron

🍕 Helen’s Restaurant — Chadron

🥞 Daylight Donuts Café — Chadron

🌮 China House — Chadron (family combo platters)

🍗 The Ridge Bar & Grill — Chadron

🍦 Chadron Dairy Sweet — Chadron

☕️ Bean Broker Coffee — Chadron

🥗 Mari Sandoz Café — Chadron

Colorado Christian University — Lakewood, CO

🌳 Bear Creek Lake Park — Lakewood (swimming, hiking, paddleboats)

🎨 Lakewood Heritage Center — Lakewood (kid-friendly exhibits)

🦋 Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms — Littleton (25 min)

🎢 Urban Air Trampoline Park — Lakewood

🎭 Belmar Cultural Center — Lakewood

🎳 Bowlero Lakewood — Lakewood

☀️ Downtown Belmar Outdoor Mall — dining and fountains

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 240 Union Restaurant — Lakewood

🍕 Cafe Jordano — Lakewood

🥞 The French Press Café — Lakewood

🌮 Tacos Tequila Whiskey — Denver (20 min)

🍗 Yard House — Lakewood

🍦 Sweet Cow Ice Cream — Lakewood

☕️ Blue Sky Café & Juice Bar — Lakewood

🥗 The Rink Café — Lakewood

Colorado Mesa University — Grand Junction, CO

🌳 Canyon View Park — Grand Junction (massive playground)

🎨 Museum of the West — Grand Junction (pioneer exhibits)

🦋 Western Colorado Botanical Gardens — Grand Junction

🎢 Bananas Fun Park — Grand Junction (mini golf, laser tag, go-karts)

🛝 Lincoln Park Pool & Splash Pad — Grand Junction

🎭 Avalon Theatre — Grand Junction

🎳 Freeway Bowl — Grand Junction

☀️ Downtown Grand Junction Main Street — murals, music, and markets

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bin 707 Foodbar — Grand Junction

🍕 Pablo’s Pizza — Grand Junction

🥞 Dream Café — Grand Junction

🌮 Taco Party — Grand Junction

🍗 Rockslide Brewery & Restaurant — Grand Junction

🍦 Graff Dairy Creamery — Grand Junction

☕️ Kiln Coffee Bar — Grand Junction

🥗 Cafe Sol — Grand Junction

Colorado School of Mines — Golden, CO

🌳 Clear Creek Trail — Golden (walks and tubing)

🎨 Colorado Railroad Museum — Golden (kids love the trains)

🦋 Dinosaur Ridge Trail — Morrison (20 min – real fossils)

🎢 Heritage Amusement Park — Golden (rides and go-karts)

🛝 Lions Park — Golden

🎭 Miners Alley Playhouse — Golden

🎳 Wheat Ridge Lanes — Wheat Ridge (20 min)

☀️ Downtown Golden Riverwalk — shops, ice cream, and scenic paths

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Woody’s Wood-Fired Pizza — Golden

🍕 Bob’s Atomic Burgers — Golden

🥞 Sassafras American Eatery — Golden

🌮 El Callejón Mexican Grill — Golden

🍗 Old Capitol Grill & Smokehouse — Golden

🍦 Golden Sweets — Golden

☕️ Pangea Coffee Roasters — Golden

🥗 The Sherpa House Restaurant — Golden (Nepalese family-style dining)

Colorado State University Pueblo — Pueblo, CO

🌳 Pueblo Riverwalk — Pueblo (boats, fountains, family events)

🎨 El Pueblo History Museum — Pueblo

🦋 Pueblo Zoo — Pueblo (small but well-loved)

🎢 City Park Rides — Pueblo (mini amusement park)

🛝 Bessemer Park — Pueblo (playground & splash pad)

🎳 Bowlero Pueblo — Pueblo

☀️ Union Avenue Historic District — shopping and dining

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Gray’s Coors Tavern — Pueblo (home of the “Slopper” burger)

🍕 Do Drop Inn Pizza — Pueblo

🥞 Solar Roast Coffee Café — Pueblo

🌮 Cactus Flower Mexican Restaurant — Pueblo

🍗 The Hangar Bar & Grill — Pueblo

🍦 Little Dipper Ice Cream Shop — Pueblo

☕️ Fuel & Iron Coffeehouse — Pueblo

🥗 Brues Alehouse — Pueblo

Fort Lewis College — Durango, CO

🌳 Animas River Trail — Durango (bike and playgrounds)

🎨 Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum — Durango (great for kids)

🦋 Durango Fish Hatchery & Wildlife Museum — Durango

🎢 Powerhouse Science Center — Durango

🛝 Santa Rita Park — Durango (river access & splash pad)

🎳 Rollerworks Family Skate Center — Durango

☀️ Historic Downtown Durango — shops and sweets

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Grassburger — Durango

🍕 HomeSlice Pizza — Durango

🥞 College Drive Café — Durango

🌮 Nayarit Mexican Cuisine — Durango

🍗 Steamworks Brewing Co. — Durango

🍦 Cream Bean Berry — Durango

☕️ Durango Coffee Co. — Durango

🥗 Carver Brewing Co. — Durango

Metropolitan State University of Denver — Denver, CO

🌳 Civic Center Park — Denver (playground & splash pad)

🎨 Denver Art Museum — Denver (kids wing & creative stations)

🦋 Denver Botanic Gardens — Denver

🎢 Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park — Denver (10 min)

🛝 Confluence Park — Denver (riverfront and green space)

🎭 Denver Center for the Performing Arts — Denver

🎳 Lucky Strike Denver — Denver

☀️ 16th Street Mall — walkable shopping and dining

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Cherry Cricket — Denver

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Denver

🥞 Snooze, an A.M. Eatery — Denver

🌮 Illegal Pete’s — Denver

🍗 The Original — Denver

🍦 Little Man Ice Cream — Denver

☕️ Huckleberry Roasters — Denver

🥗 Root Down — Denver

Regis University — Denver, CO

🌳 Rocky Mountain Lake Park — Denver (views and playground)

🎨 Denver Museum of Nature & Science — Denver (25 min)

🦋 Denver Aquarium — Denver (25 min)

🎢 JumpStreet Indoor Trampoline Park — Westminster (20 min)

🎳 Bowlero Westminster — Westminster

☀️ Tennyson Street Shops — Denver (family boutiques & cafés)

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Noshery Bakery & Café — Denver

🍕 Parisi Pizzeria — Denver

🥞 The Universal — Denver

🌮 Tacos Tequila Whiskey — Denver

🍗 The Cozy Cottage — Denver

🍦 Sweet Cow — Highlands

☕️ Huckleberry Roasters — Denver

🥗 Root Down — Denver

University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) — Colorado Springs, CO

🌳 Garden of the Gods Park — Colorado Springs (rock formations & easy trails)

🎨 Space Foundation Discovery Center — Colorado Springs (STEM exhibits)

🦋 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo — Colorado Springs (mountain-top zoo!)

🎢 Lost Island Mini Golf — Colorado Springs

🛝 Nancy Lewis Park — Colorado Springs

🎭 Ent Center for the Arts — on campus (student plays & concerts)

🎳 King Pin Lanes — Colorado Springs

☀️ Old Colorado City Shops — Colorado Springs

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Crave Real Burgers — Colorado Springs

🍕 Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza — Colorado Springs

🥞 Urban Egg — Colorado Springs

🌮 Tlaquepaque Mexican Restaurant — Colorado Springs

🍗 Front Range BBQ — Colorado Springs

🍦 Josh & John’s Ice Cream — Colorado Springs

☕️ Building Three Coffee — Colorado Springs

🥗 The Rabbit Hole — Colorado Springs

Western Colorado University — Gunnison, CO

🌳 Jorgensen Park — Gunnison (skate, splash pad, playground)

🎨 Gunnison Pioneer Museum — Gunnison (fun for families)

🦋 Curecanti National Recreation Area — Gunnison (20 min hiking & boating)

🎢 Dos Rios Golf Course & Park — Gunnison (mini course & picnics)

🛝 Charter Park — Gunnison

🎳 The Gunnison Bowling Alley — Gunnison

☀️ Main Street Gunnison — local shops and cafés

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 High Alpine Brewing Co. — Gunnison

🍕 Mario’s Pizza & Pasta — Gunnison

🥞 W Café — Gunnison

🌮 The Dive Gunnison — Gunnison

🍗 Ol’ Miner Steakhouse — Gunnison

🍦 Jermaine’s Ice Cream Parlor — Gunnison

☕️ The Coffee Trader — Gunnison

🥗 Twisted Fork — Gunnison

South Dakota Mines — Rapid City, SD

🌳 Dinosaur Park — Rapid City (free fun + great views)

🎨 The Journey Museum & Learning Center — Rapid City (STEM exhibits)

🦋 Reptile Gardens — Rapid City (20 min)

🎢 Storybook Island — Rapid City (beloved free park!)

🛝 Memorial Park — Rapid City (playgrounds & greenway)

🎳 Meadowood Lanes — Rapid City

☀️ Downtown Main Street Square — fountains & family events

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Firehouse Brewing Co. — Rapid City

🍕 Piesano’s Pacchia — Rapid City

🥞 Tally’s Silver Spoon — Rapid City

🌮 El Sombrero Mexican Restaurant — Rapid City

🍗 Murphy’s Pub & Grill — Rapid City

🍦 Armour’s Ice Cream Shoppe — Rapid City

☕️ Harriet & Oak Coffeehouse — Rapid City

🥗 The Mud Hole of the Black Hills — Rapid City

New Mexico Highlands University — Las Vegas, NM

🌳 Carnegie Park — Las Vegas (playground & picnics)

🎨 City of Las Vegas Museum — Las Vegas (local artifacts)

🦋 Montezuma Hot Springs — Las Vegas (20 min soak)

🎢 Gene Torres Golf Course — Las Vegas (family course)

🛝 Highlands Park — Las Vegas

🎳 Bowling Alley at Fort Union Drive — Las Vegas

☀️ Historic Bridge Street — shops & murals

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Charlie’s Bakery & Café — Las Vegas

🍕 El Rialto Restaurant — Las Vegas

🥞 Pedro’s Bakery — Las Vegas

🌮 Kocina de Raphael’s — Las Vegas

🍗 JC’s New York Pizza Department — Las Vegas (yes, they have wings!)

🍦 B’s Sweet Treats Ice Cream Parlor — Las Vegas

☕️ The Skillet Coffee House — Las Vegas

🥗 Dick’s Pub & Restaurant — Las Vegas

Westminster University — Salt Lake City, UT

🌳 Liberty Park — Salt Lake City (playground, paddleboats, aviary)

🎨 Natural History Museum of Utah — Salt Lake City (fun exhibits for kids)

🦋 Hogle Zoo — Salt Lake City

🎢 The Leonardo Museum — Salt Lake City

🛝 Sugar House Park — Salt Lake City (huge open play space)

🎭 Capitol Theatre — Salt Lake City

🎳 Bonwood Bowl — Salt Lake City

☀️ 9th & 9th District — local shops, cafés & murals

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Copper Onion — Salt Lake City

🍕 Este Pizzeria — Salt Lake City

🥞 Penny Ann’s Café — Salt Lake City

🌮 Red Iguana — Salt Lake City (famous family Mexican)

🍗 Ruth’s Diner — Salt Lake City (historic canyon diner)

🍦 Dolcetti Gelato — Salt Lake City

☕️ Publik Coffee Roasters — Salt Lake City

🥗 Oasis Café — Salt Lake City