A female Eleven Mile State Park staff member, sitting on a rock, assists a family in using binoculars for wildlife watching.

CPW Statewide Events

Colorado Parks and Wildlife regularly offers events, classes, and festivals for all our outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

A female Eleven Mile State Park staff member, sitting on a rock, assists a family in using binoculars for wildlife watching.

A female Eleven Mile State Park staff member, sitting on a rock, assists a family in using binoculars for wildlife watching.

A female Eleven Mile State Park staff member, sitting on a rock, assists a family in using binoculars for wildlife watching.

CPW Statewide Events

Colorado Parks and Wildlife regularly offers events, classes, and festivals for all our outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

Mule deer doe in Elkhead Reservoir State Park standing in yellow wild flowers, shrubs with grasslands and mountain in distance

Crossing Paths with Wildlife

In Colorado, you can meet wildlife wherever you go: state parks, cities and your own backyard. Wildlife viewing is an excellent pastime, but encounters with wildlife can sometimes be delicate situations, and it’s important to know what to do when you come across wildlife.

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See Colorado Parks and Wildlife current events below.

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Beyond a wooden split rail fence is a snowy hillside and a forest of evergreen trees. Beyond the forest is a snowy mountain range and blue sky.

May

30

Registration Required:

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Story of Pikes Peak Hike

May 30, 2026 · 10:00am

Mueller State Park

Hear how Pikes Peak became America's Mountain on this 2 mile hike.

Guided Hike or Walk
Beyond a wooden split rail fence is a snowy hillside and a forest of evergreen trees. Beyond the forest is a snowy mountain range and blue sky.

May

30

Story of Pikes Peak Hike

May 30, 2026 · 10:00am

Mueller State Park

Hear how Pikes Peak became America's Mountain on this 2 mile hike.

Guided Hike or Walk

May

30

Registration Required:

Please register for this event.

Public Archery Lessons at Cheyenne Mountain State Park

May 30, 2026 · 11:50am

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

This lesson covers archery safety, range safety, bow basics, proper stance, aiming, and arrow release.

Education

May

30

Public Archery Lessons at Cheyenne Mountain State Park

May 30, 2026 · 11:50am

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

This lesson covers archery safety, range safety, bow basics, proper stance, aiming, and arrow release.

Education
Sun is starting to rise over a forest of pine and aspen trees.

May

30

Registration Required:

Please register for this event.

Sensory Hike

May 30, 2026 · 1:00pm

Mueller State Park

Use smell, sight, hearing and touch to explore the park on this 1 mile hike.

Guided Hike or Walk
Sun is starting to rise over a forest of pine and aspen trees.

May

30

Sensory Hike

May 30, 2026 · 1:00pm

Mueller State Park

Use smell, sight, hearing and touch to explore the park on this 1 mile hike.

Guided Hike or Walk

May

30

Registration Required:

Please register for this event.

Blue Moon Night Hike

May 30, 2026 · 7:00pm

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

We will navigate the park trails by the light of the moon.

Guided Hike or Walk

May

30

Blue Moon Night Hike

May 30, 2026 · 7:00pm

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

We will navigate the park trails by the light of the moon.

Guided Hike or Walk

May

30

Registration Required:

Please register for this event.

All Bugs are Insects, but Not All Insects are Bugs

May 30, 2026 · 7:00pm

Trinidad Lake State Park

Join our park staff as we welcome Cliff Wiening, Professor of Biology at Trinidad State College, as we explore the general world...

May

30

All Bugs are Insects, but Not All Insects are Bugs

May 30, 2026 · 7:00pm

Trinidad Lake State Park

Join our park staff as we welcome Cliff Wiening, Professor of Biology at Trinidad State College, as we explore the general world...

Four children around a bench with their hands raised, facing a CPW volunteer.

May

31

Registration Required:

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Junior Rangers at the Pond

May 31, 2026 · 11:00am

Mueller State Park

Explore peak View Pond and earn a Mueller Junior Ranger badge.

Education
Four children around a bench with their hands raised, facing a CPW volunteer.

May

31

Junior Rangers at the Pond

May 31, 2026 · 11:00am

Mueller State Park

Explore peak View Pond and earn a Mueller Junior Ranger badge.

Education
Colorful arrows imbedded in a target.

Jun

2

Registration Required:

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Junior Rangers

Jun 2, 2026 · 9:30am

Staunton State Park

Junior Rangers offers a fun hands-on program where kids explore the outdoors and learn about nature and how Bigfoot Leaves No...

Colorful arrows imbedded in a target.

Jun

2

Junior Rangers

Jun 2, 2026 · 9:30am

Staunton State Park

Junior Rangers offers a fun hands-on program where kids explore the outdoors and learn about nature and how Bigfoot Leaves No...

Jun

2

Registration Required:

Please register for this event.

28th Annual Colorado Riverfront Concert Series featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters

Jun 2, 2026 · 7:00pm

James M Robb Colorado River State Park

Join us at the Fruita Section for the 28th Annual Colorado Riverfront Concert Series featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters! 

Events and Festivals

Jun

2

28th Annual Colorado Riverfront Concert Series featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters

Jun 2, 2026 · 7:00pm

James M Robb Colorado River State Park

Join us at the Fruita Section for the 28th Annual Colorado Riverfront Concert Series featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters! 

Events and Festivals
State Recreational Trails Committee meeting logo

Jun

5

State Trails Committee Meeting: June 5, 2026

Jun 5, 2026 · 9:00am

The State Recreational Trails Committee reviews, scores, and ranks grant applications and formulates funding recommendations to...

Commission and Committee Meeting