Seven Minute Spring — Attraction in Manitou Springs

There are 3 parks together, which are all beautiful. The city of Manitou Springs is adorable, with unusual things sprinkled throughout. The river runs around the park area with a small, lovely, and refreshing trail to walk with the dogs. The town is very dog friendly. There are spring fed fountains around, one of which is at Seven Minute Spring Park, people were filling jugs of water to take home. The park was beautifully groomed with plush grass, flowers, a kiddie area, and art. We parked for the day as we enjoyed all the town offered. It was a peaceful and...

Manitou Springs has several springs with which to fill your drinking container of choice, but in my opinion, this is by far the best tasting one. The water is cold, has a subtle mineral taste, and is easy drinking. The other springs have a much stronger manganese taste and are less pleasant to drink from, even though the others have more effervescence. The spring is free and is routed through to a fountain next to the gazebo. It is easily accessible to fill your water container...

We couldn’t drive by Manitou Springs without driving through town a little and tasting fresh mineral spring water. Parking was easy & cheap right across the road from seven minute spring. I thought to take the plastic cups from where we stayed the night before (thank you Glen Eyrie Castle). It turns out that we could have filled our water bottles but I wasn’t sure and I didn’t want to...