Best Wildlife refuges in Colorado Springs, United States to visit (UPDATED March, 2024)

Best places: Wildlife refuges in Colorado Springs

Discover the best places in Colorado Springs, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. This list contains 20 places from Wildlife refuge category.

Sort results by

Best

Top rated

Most reviewed

Hidden gems

Worst rated

Recently discovered

🆕

Search radius

1 km 2 km 5 km 10 km 30 km 50 km 100 km 250 km

Within Colorado Springs

Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center

Wildlife refuge

Nonprofit sanctuary for wolves & wild canines offering guided tours & conservation programs.

4.80 (2.6K reviews) (~35.15 km from centre)

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge

Open lakes, wetlands, prairie grasslands & woodlands home to more than 330 species.

4.60 (4.6K reviews) (~111.71 km from centre)

South Platte Park and Carson Nature Center

Park

Spanning over 880 acres, this park offers 5 lakes for fishing, extensive trails & nature programs.

4.70 (675 reviews) (~85.13 km from centre)

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

Wildlife refuge

Rehabilitation & rescue center for animals such as lions, tigers, bears & wolves, open to visitors.

4.60 (2.7K reviews) (~136.37 km from centre)

Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge

Nature preserve

Bird sanctuary on nearly 15,000 acres with interpretative displays, trails & roads, plus hunting.

4.70 (239 reviews) (~186.22 km from centre)

Bluff Lake Nature Center

Wildlife refuge

👍 Beautiful Area to walk. Water levels low.

4.50 (607 reviews) (~102.8 km from centre)

Mount Massive Wilderness Area

Wildlife refuge

👍👍 Magnificent Mount Massive is the second tallest mountain in the Rocky Mountains, reaching an elevation of 14,428 feet in Colorado. Much to do in this area, enjoy!

4.90 (134 reviews) (~146.28 km from centre)

Buffalo Overlook

Wildlife refuge

👍👍 Early morning or late afternoon is best to see the buffalo. It's taken me two years of driving I-70 on other trips to get the timing right. But it's worth a stop if they're nearby.

4.50 (433 reviews) (~105.61 km from centre)

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Nature preserve

A vast nature refuge with resident moose, steppe uplands, meadows, wetlands & streams.

4.80 (141 reviews) (~233.98 km from centre)

Wildlife Drive at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Wildlife refuge

👍👍 Absolutely gorgeous views and a free way to reset from a busy city schedule. We saw bison, prairie dogs, falcons, and a coyote! Great day other than when we visited, there was a large family allowing their children to climb on the bison enclosure to scream at the animals. We had to leave before we...

4.70 (162 reviews) (~109.59 km from centre)

Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center

Wildlife refuge

👍 Been here a few times to bike and walk. Always surprised there's no nature center building to walk in and no paper maps/map signs. Good parking. A word of warning; we saw a mountain lion attacking a snake on one of the more isolated trails. I've never run so fast.

4.60 (195 reviews) (~76.86 km from centre)

Orient Land Trust

Non-profit organization

4.70 (127 reviews) (~112.03 km from centre)

Cucumber Gulch Wildlife Preserve

Wildlife refuge

Nature preserve featuring picturesque trails with signs noting nearby wildlife, plus tram rides.

4.50 (185 reviews) (~128.84 km from centre)

Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge

Animal refuge set on uplands & wetlands & designed to protect birds, deer, turtles & native flora.

4.40 (224 reviews) (~114.36 km from centre)

Pueblo Reservoir Wildlife Area

Wildlife refuge

👍 It is wrong of them to have taken away the wildlife area on the north side of the reservoir. Guarantee, rich idiots cried & complained about gunfire. Even though, they are the dummies that built their house next to a state wildlife area, where hunting is permitted. Now, all of us who have enjoyed ha...

4.70 (95 reviews) (~60.13 km from centre)