OUR TAKE ON ELBERT
Welcome to UpTake for Elbert, Colorado. This guide is intended to
be your starting point for all of the things to do and places to stay
in Elbert. Our recommendations are based on ratings and reviews
from across the web. If you are looking for ideas for a family
vacation, check out the listing on the left side of the page.
Whatever you do, thanks for making UpTake your first step!
Whatever you do, thanks for making UpTake your first step!
THINGS TO DO
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Garden of the Gods
"Great site to visit with a family, but avoid the bus tour. 30 minutes, and a waste of time. You actually can't see anything if you sit on the right hand side of the bus. Much, much smarter to park in one of the many parking lots, and walk around in the middle of the rocks. There is a paved path for walkers, and some more dirt paths for slightly more active folks, and some real trails around the area for hikers. We were in colorado springs for a week, and this was much more memorable than the cog railway to pikes peak or the zoo." - a Tripadvisor user
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Olympic Training Center
"We visited the Olympic Training Center and had a nice time! It was neat to see the Olympic Rings, the statue of Olympic Strength (huge earth on the shoulder of athletes), there is a bobsled in the lobby you can sit in and have your picture taken, the Olympic flame, and all the training facilities! Our tour showed us the huge pool they trian in with underwater cameras, the weight room, the wrestling room, the gymnastics room, the shooting area, etc. The tour was informative and we learned a lot about the athletes schedules and hard training they do. We knew from their website that most of the tour was outside. The only buildings we were able to enter were the gymnatics room, wrestling room, and shooting room. We viewed the pool and weight rooms through the windows (and the windows were not foggy). This tour is mainly of the facilities - do not expect to see athletes. We saw a few in the wrestling room and one in the shooting room. But we learned that most of the athletes would return later in the day to train (after tour times) since they are required to have a job and do community service - that is where most of them are during the day. It was worth our trip there! One note about the previous review....I think they posted for the wrong Olympic Training Center....there is no kayak service here and I checked the map - I don't see a San Marcos River running through downtown Colorado Springs (where these facilities are located). We used to live in San Antonio and there is a San Marcos River in that area - that is where they must have taken their kayak trip - not here and certainly not in the cold month of March!" - a Tripadvisor user
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Ghost Town Museum
"If you like to see the old west buildings and artifacts this would be for you. I didn't think the admission fee was worth it though. $6.50 adults and $3.50 kids, in addition, you need quarters for some of the old time arcade games inside the attraction. I have to say I was actually bored with this place, but my 7 year old daughter seem to enjoy it." - a Tripadvisor user

