There's no place like it! From the majestic home of the Rocky Mountains to an urban environment brimming with excitement, entertainment, and the arts, you'll find that Colorado offers an extraordinary diverse year-round haven for cultural, social and recreational activities.

Throughout the Metro Denver region, you'll see people enjoying the nearly 300 average days of sunshine. Natives and new-comers enjoy the extensive jogging and biking trails, parks, world-class golf courses and sporting events.

Denver is known as an exceptional place to raise a family with its many communities and neighborhoods, both suburban as well as urban living environment. You'll find thousands of acres dedicated to open space and outdoor recreational activities. Colorado residents have invested their tax dollars to ensure this open space is maintained (through Lottery proceeds) and have supported a 0.1% sales tax for cultural facilities such as the theaters, zoos, and museums.

Outdoor Activities

The splendor of the Colorado Rocky Mountains provides a unique setting for enjoying vast and spectacular scenery combined with year-round outdoor activities such as hiking (11,000 miles of trails!), camping, fishing, kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, and mountain biking. (Bicycling magazine has ranked several Colorado towns among its Top Bike Towns.)

Ranked 6th in the nation for parks and recreation, Colorado's 40 state parks and other outdoor activities attract over 11 million visitors each year. From Rocky Mountain National Park to Pikes Peak, your mountain experience will be unparalleled in its stunning beauty and vast openness.

Colorado is home to over 35 winter recreation areas and 26 ski resorts, offering a wide variety of winter activities as snow shoeing, snow mobiling, sleigh-rides, ice skating, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing and snowboarding.

Events

The Denver-Metro area is home to multiple theatres that include upcoming Broadway shows. Concert goers also have several outdoor amphitheaters to enjoy both national touring stars as well as local-grown talent. Located in the foothills of Denver, the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheater is a venue for outdoor concerts and is surrounded by a spectacular setting. You'll find outdoor music festivals in the mountain communities of Vail, Telluride, Aspen and Breckenridge, and throughout the state.

Adding to the full spectrum of activities, Denver is home to seven professional teams. Denver Broncos (NFL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Rockies (MLB), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Colorado Rapids (MLS), Colorado Mammoth (Lacrosse) and Colorado Crush (Arena Football). Residents have the opportunity to see professional athletes compete year-round. You can enjoy your favorite sport in new, award-winning facilities such as Invesco Field at Mile-High, Coors Field, and the Pepsi-Center.