Cheyenne Mountain State Park Visitor Center — Attraction in Colorado Springs

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is the Taj Mahal of Colorado's State Parks. The visitor center is your guide to this fantastic park! The well informed staff will assist you and answer all your questions. The visitor center has a public restroom, both male and female sides. They have snacks, drinks, and even ice cream choices, not soft serve ice cream. They have booklets, souvenirs, and of course patches and stickers. They have many classes during the year, like women's archery, beginner disc golf, hiking safety, and so many more. Yes this Park has a 9-hole or basket disc golf course! They also have a fantastic archery setup. Practice targets at different ranges and a 3-D archery course! The trail hiking is great, the camping and the sites are plentiful, and the scenery is breathtaking. You can even hike to the top of Cheyenne Mountain by way of the Dixon trail. SAFETY REMINDER!! Know your limitations. Make sure you have more than enough water and food or snacks for your hike. We saw a family hiking without water and it was pretty hot. They were from another state. Number One Rule when hiking in Colorado is to make sure you have enough water or your choice of electrolytes. The park has flush toilets and hot water for showers. They even have a laundry room. There is no water features in the Park like lakes or ponds or rivers or streams, none. There are rattlesnakes and bears have been sighted, so have...

Visited back in October, upon entry into the welcome center we where greated and ask what we wanted. We informed them this was our first time here and might want to pitch a tent for the night and asked if we could scope them out first we where told not without paying for a day pass. Furthermore after paying the fee for the day pass we looked at the sites came back knowing which spot we wanted as it was by far the best spot at the campground. We drove immediately to reserve it, the male clerk said it was available, charge us for it, then I formed us he didn't book it before charging and someone else bought it online before he could remove it from the system. Save yourself the trouble if it's your first time ere just drive past the gate scope it out and return of knowing which sites you like (if any), also given that you can book online and avoid the interaction with the staff up front, possibly avoiding the double booked incident we had. ($28 for campsite + $9 entry into park) too expensive for all but two spots unless you enjoy being close to random families, RVs, Bathrooms, and parking lots. Even if you get one of those two spots it's still $37 to pop a tent. (Water, no electricity) good spots closed Jan 1st until August 1st .

Maybe enjoy some of the better campsites in the area (30 minutes in any direction from the...

The motto of Colorado should be anything to make a buck!

I am a Colorado native and my family were pioneers here, settling and ranching here before Colorado even became a state.

Colorado went from an open free part of America, to having to pay to go just about anywhere. The parks department has spread out all over Colorado like a fungus and are continually closing down every beautiful place, so you have to pay to go everywhere. This place is a prime example. You can actually be fined here for not carrying enough poop bags??

I read in the reviews how this is the best state park in Colorado. Whomever wrote that review, sounds like the typical person moving here. Completely clueless on how bad the situation here really is. All of this money builds mansions for the local government and nothing else.

I have hiked all 58 14ers in Colorado and most of the other peaks too. This Cheyenne state park is worth only 1 visit. If you want to see the REAL Colorado, stay far from this place.

I give this place half a star!

GOOGLE REMOVED THE PICTURES I TOOK OF THE SIGN SAYING YOU WILL BE FINED FOR NOT HAVING A POOP BAG...