National Park Village South — Local services in Estes Park

Best National Park, ever the Park Ranger Mr.Mitchell was so helpful with my pass & entry pass. Evidently, when you purchase them online, you get 2 emails for entry into the park. Wait, time wasn't long at all. We encountered some elk when we first drove in the park. There are so many pull off places to take pictures and enjoy the beautiful views. Lo and behold, finally the continental divide, yeah! Yes, you can drive up to it and get out to say you've actually been to the continental divide. For disabled or handicap people, this is the perfect spot without any major hurdles. The third time was a charm finally making it to divide. There are so many places to pull off and see. They are correct it's the most beautiful drive. We ended up at Grand Lake, so make sure you go all the way on Trail Ridge drive to this unique little town. This lake is so fabulous and blue clear water that goes on and on. We didn't take the route back thru the National Forest as the line was outrageously longer than when we went in at Estes Park. They need more gates at this end for sure. You can choose to go thru Winter Park and get back on the highway. The time was shorter than...

This is like the town center for shopping. It's two gift shops and a grocery store. The grocery store has a little coffee stand and a sandwich shop with Boar's Head meats and cheeses. I will say to stay away from the Iced coffee. My husband and I each got one with different flavors but the coffee was so pungent and strong it just tasted awful. We ended up throwing it away as we left and took a drive somewhere else. The gift shops are nice. The one at the far end of the building seemed to be more affordable and had more...

GREAT STORE for visitors and "Parkies" alike! Really beautiful pieces of all sorts of rocks, gems, crystals, geodes, rare jewels and special locally made pieces. Great source for raw rock, stone, and gem material used in your own personal craft! Really great place. I could spend hours here! If you have a collector in mind, or collect rocks yourself, THIS is your store! Possibly one of the most important collections in the Rocky Mountain National Park region!!! I was Thrilled...