In 15 minutes, you will arrive in downtown Denver. Best things to do in and close to Denver include: Union Station, Denver Art Museum, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Larimer Square, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Coors Field for Baseball, Denver Zoo, Molly Brown House Museum, 16th Street Mall, Washington Park, United States Mint, Coors Brewery, Mount Evans Scenic Byway (with mountain sheep), Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey Tour.

In 15 minutes in the other direction, you will arrive in Boulder, Colorado. Best things to do in and around Boulder include: Pearl Street, The Flatirons, Celestial Seasonings Tour, Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, Boulder Creek Path, Boulder Theater, Banjo Billy's Bus Tour, Boulder Farmers' Market, University of Colorado Campus, Museum of Boulder at the Tebo Center.

Attractions and day trips near Denver include: Dinosaur Ridge (40 km - with Cretaceous dinosaur footprints), Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave (40 km), American Mountaineering Museum (43 km in Golden), Lariat Loop Scenic & Historic Byway (43 km), Wild Animal Sanctuary (48 km), National Center for Atmospheric Research (50 km), Central City and Black Hawk (64 km), Georgetown Loop Railroad (87 km), Mount Evans Scenic Byway (97 km), Rocky Mountain National Park (114 km), Vail and Breckenridge Resorts (120 km) as well as Royal Gorge and Canon City (209 km).

In addition, Mount Rushmore / Crazy Horse is a 6 hour drive, while both the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks are a 10 hour drive. There are also numerous things to do in Colorado's next biggest cities ... Colorado Springs (including Garden of the Gods and the U.S. Air Force Academy) and Fort Collins (Mountain Whitewater Rafting and Beer & Bike Tours which includes the Budweiser Brewery) . Both are a short 1 hour drive from our house.