When to Visit

Any time of the year is a great time to visit Rocky Mountain National park. From spring's flowers to fall's bugling elk to winter's snow-covered forests, you can find beauty and wonder here all year long. Click here for park hours.

Events Today

Lubeck's Rocky Mountains

L.Lawrence Lubeck's Rocky Mountains exhibit examining the painter's large format oils of the Rocky Mountains, Estes Park Museum.

Catch the Glow

Catch the Glow Holiday Celebration & Evening Parade to kick off the holiday season. Visits with Santa, hay rides, pony rides, carolers, costumed characters and an early-evening lighted parade, all activities are free. Downtown Estes Park, activities begin at Noon; the parade starts at 5:30 pm, 970-577-9900 or 800-44-ESTES

Upcoming Events

Spring

Jazz Fest & Art Walk

For two days the mountains are alive with the sounds of great jazz at the outdoor amphitheater at Performance Park. Visitors will also enjoy exploring unique galleries exhibiting exceptional art. Art Walk maps are available at the jazz festival in Performance Park.... [more]

Art Walk

local galleries 5-7:00 p.m.

Concert

Estes Park Music Festival Winter Concert Series 04/06/08
Barbara Barber Violin Students. 04/20/08
Peggy Lyon, clarinet and cello. 04/27/08
Margaret Patterson, piano.... [more]

Lyceum

Learning Lessons: Management Decisions of the Past and Future The Lyceum, from its beginnings with the scholar Aristotle in ancient Greece to the American Lyceums of the 1880s featured renowned speakers like Emerson, Thoreau, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, has... [more]

13 Creatures You've Never Seen

Rocky Mountain Nature Association Field Seminar
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Summer

Bears, Cougars, Frogs, and Butterflies

June 26 Bears, Cougars, Frogs, and Butterflies: Wildlife Research Cheri Yost, McGraw Ranch Manager and Research Volunteer Coordinator, will explain how wildlife biologists help the park keep track of creatures great and small. Part of the Science Behind The Scenery Series in the auditorium at Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in... [more]

Cross-Country to Chickaree

View this seldom-seen lake on a strenuous, half-day, off-trail hike. Bring snacks, water, hiking boots and raingear. Meet at Onahu Creek Trailhead 9 AM, 3-4 hour hike

Max Wagner Trio

Max Wagner Trio. Riverside Plaza. 3 pm 9705779900; 80044ESTES July 21:

Colorado Music Festival Orchestra

Come enjoy a free concert by the Colorado Music Festival Symphony Orchestra performing pop and patriotic selections. Free, 7 pm, Performance Park Amphitheater, 417 W. Elkhorn Ave., 970-577-9900 or 800-44-ESTES... [more]

Rocky Mountain Flora

This is an introduction to the flora of the Rocky Mountain National Park region and the techniques used to identify plants. It will include excursions to a diversity of the Park's ecosystems and life zones (montane to alpine). Participants will learn the primary characteristics of many plant families and individual... [more]

Fall

The Elk Rut: High Country Romance

Elk are among the most commonly observed mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park but few people understand the social and sexual interactions occurring during the rut. Although elk are the most vocal deer species in North America, a majority of their communication is through body language. The seminar... [more]

Write Here in the Rockies

Practice the art and craft of nature writing in an intimate setting near Rocky Mountain National Park. At this indepth workshop, you will refine your skills through drills, writing exercises, discussions of the craft of writing, examination of good writers, and group critique. This is an excellent opportunity... [more]

Autumn Art Walk

Autumn Art Walk & Studio Tour - A self-guided tour of galleries and artist studios throughout area. Tour directories available at the Cultural Arts Council at 304 E Elkhorn Ave, visitors centers, and participating artist studios. Free, 10 am, 09/13/08 - 09/14/08, Area art galleries,... [more]

Historic Lodges Tour

Rocky Mountain National Park Historic Lodges & Homesteads Tour - Board our 14-passenger van and tour the sites of lodges and homesteads from the past in Rocky Mountain National Park. Ken Jessen will be our guide as we begin at the Fall River Inn Site and travel to... [more]

Studio Tour

3rd Annual Estes Park Studio Tour - an opportunity for the public to visit artists in their studios, watch artists as they work and ask questions, and to be able to experience the art process in the artists habitat. Free,... [more]

Winter

November Specials

Check out the special offers that Estes Park businesses have listed for this month.

Traders, Soldiers, Indians

Traders, Soldiers and Indians: The Road to Santa Fe Between its origins in the 1600s until the railroads terminated its usefulness in 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was one of the most important commercial "highways" in North America. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, that terminated the Mexican War,... [more]

Concert in the Pines

Concert in the Pines - Community House 7:30 p.m. 970.627.3097

Planet Earth

Planet Earth is the topic for the Park's Fall Film Series. All programs begin at 7 pm in the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium. Nov. 10: Deserts, Nov. 17: Ice Worlds, Nov. 24: Shallow Seas

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt - Town Park - 11:00 a.m. 970.627.8428

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