Activities

Cabin At Pickle Gulch Nearby Activities

60 miles to Denver airport.

Nearby activities include

  • Black Hawk: You are 7 minutes from the casinos and restaurants
  • Boulder: Pearl Street shopping and outdoor entertainment
  • Central City: history museum, Face on the Barroom Floor, mine tours
  • Denver: museums, amusement parks, zoo, sports, clubs, shows, tours
  • Golden: Buffalo Bill’s Grave, COORS tour, buffalo herd, dinosaur ridge
  • Idaho Springs: drive o-my-god road (Virginia Canyon Road), tour gold mines, Indian Hot Springs, restaurants
  • Nederland: Eldora ski resort, Carousel of Happiness, restaurants, mining museum
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Skiing

  • Eldora Mountain Resort 30 minutes away
  • Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park, Copper Mountain, just over one hour away

More Fun

Off-road driving

Pickle Gulch is a fun way to explore old mines and ruins.

Mountain biking/hiking

  • Maryland Mountain Hidden Treasure trailhead (Black Hawk) is 4 miles away
  • Golden Gate Canyon State Park is 11 minutes (7 miles) away.

Parks

Brainard Lake, Estes Park (Rocky Mountain National Park), easy access from highway 119, (make reservations at www.recreation.gov)
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