There is much to do in the Colorado Springs general area such as the deservedly well-known Garden of the Gods and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, but we just learned of Paint Mines Interpretive Park a few years ago and visited it for the first time this month (late September 2022).
Paint Mines Interpretive Park is located by the town of Calhan, Colorado (which their web page states is "the highest incorporated non-mountain town in the United States"), east of Colorado Springs.
The cool late September morning we had enjoyed for hiking at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument became much a significantly cooler afternoon with occasional rain when we visited Paint Mines Interpretive Park, so most of the photographs in this post were taken from the Overlook near a smaller parking lot dedicated to this overlook.
Probably because of the cooler day and the threatening skies, we saw fewer than ten other people while we were at Paint Mines Interpretive Park.
The combination of vibrant colors and interesting hoodoo and other formations at Paint Mines Interpretive Park provide much to look at.
The larger main parking lot was nearly empty (one vehicle besides ours) on the day we visited Paint Mines Interpretive Park.
This is the restroom facility at Paint Mines Interpretive Park.
This is the main entrance to Paint Mines Interpretive Park (the small building was closed up when we visited).
This map of Paint Mines Interpretive Park shows the main parking area and the parking area near the overlook as well as different hiking trails.
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