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Visit Allenspark, Colorado
A quiet door into Rocky Mountain National Park.
Hike Wild Basin to hidden waterfalls, ride horses beneath Longs Peak, drive the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway and discover a forest hamlet of cabins and lodges that most visitors drive past on their way to Estes Park.
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A Perfect Day
One Day in Allenspark
Morning
Hike into Wild Basin — Copeland Falls is an easy mile in, or push on to Ouzel Falls and Calypso Cascades for one of the park's quietest waterfall circuits.
Afternoon
Stop at Lily Lake for a flat, family-friendly loop with Longs Peak views, then visit the Chapel on the Rock at Camp Saint Malo — one of Colorado's most photographed sites.
Evening
Dinner at the Allenspark Lodge, then watch the alpenglow on Longs Peak from the porch — no crowds, no traffic, just the mountain.
Things To Do
The park's quiet corner
Wild Basin's waterfall trails, Longs Peak's trailhead, the Peak to Peak Byway and a stone chapel under the mountain — Allenspark gives you national park access without the national park crowds.
Wild Basin Area — RMNP
The park's least-crowded entrance — Copeland Falls, Calypso Cascades and Ouzel Falls on one spectacular trail.
Longs Peak (14,256 ft)
Colorado's northernmost fourteener — the Keyhole Route trailhead is just north of Allenspark. Technical scramble, not a hike.
Chapel on the Rock
A stone chapel at Camp Saint Malo with Longs Peak framed in the window — one of the most photographed spots in Colorado.
Lily Lake
A flat, family-friendly loop around an alpine lake with Longs Peak and Mount Meeker reflected in the water.
Peak to Peak Scenic & Historic Byway
55 miles of curves and mountain views from Estes Park to Central City — Allenspark sits right on the route.
Where To Stay
Sleep in the forest
A historic 1930s log lodge, rustic cabins at the park's edge and a handful of B&Bs tucked into the pines — Allenspark sleeps quiet and close to the mountain.
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Meeker Park Lodge
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Sleep under Longs Peak
Forest cabins, vacation rentals and national forest campgrounds at the park's quietest corner.
Cabins around Allenspark
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Where To Eat
Intimate and forest-fed
A historic lodge dining room, a trading post and a handful of spots where the menu is small and the views of Longs Peak are not — Allenspark eats quietly and well.
Allenspark Lodge
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Shop Local
Take Allenspark home
A gallery, a trading post and a few forest-edge shops — Allenspark keeps it small and one-of-a-kind.
The Old Gallery at Allenspark
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Nearby Towns
The Peak to Peak corridor
Allenspark sits on the Peak to Peak Byway — Estes Park 12 miles north, Boulder an hour south down the canyon.