Paint Mines Archeological Site — Attraction in Falcon

This is a spectacular, free park located in El Paso County! As you’re driving out, when you start to see large wind turbines, you’re getting close. The walk to the hoodoos is deceiving. There is a switchback and it’s all on uneven, unpaved terrain so if you have small kids, they might get tired. (And the signs clearly state no bikes, horses, dogs and drones so plan accordingly.) You can hike plenty around the mines and also enter into them through a designated spot. Especially with lots of sun, bring lots of water. There is a dry restroom so bring your own sanitizers.

What I loved, the farther you walk into the mines, the quieter and more peaceful it gets. It’s such a beautiful and unique experience, it’s...

It is a nice park that is probably not very known. It is on the outskirt of Denver and is about an hour away. I found this place peaceful and relaxing for short walk and sightseeing. There is nothing really around but it is something that you should see if you have a time. The park consists of several short trials that you can do in whatever order you like. There is also an option to do a loop. Throughout the park, there are few benches to sit down and gaze down the formations. Rocks are pretty and colorful. Mostly some sort of white, but also white with red or yellow tops. Very picturesque, i would say. Enjoyed...

We went for the second time here on Memorial Day.

The toilets were DISGUSTING. The Porta potties were filled to the brim, no toilet paper, no hand sanitizer, and the vault toilet also had no toilet paper or hand sanitizer and literally had a pee puddle on the ground.

This is a beautiful area but a lot of the people we saw had ZERO respect for this area of preservation because: no climbing signs are posted EVERYWHERE yet we saw so many people climbing and no dogs are posted everywhere but people just had their dogs and...