North COS Townhome Near Shopping & AF Academy

The Neighborhood

You’re probably excited about exploring the trails, lakes, falls and forests in and around the Rockies – but at the same time, maybe you don’t want to stay in the “middle of nowhere.” You’ve found the perfect place! This home is located in the northernmost part of Colorado Springs, with a wide array of shopping, dining and entertainment options within a 10-minute drive. You’ll find multiple supermarkets, national retail chains, coffee shops, movie theaters, golf and miniature golf, and casual dining for every taste. At the same time, you’ll enjoy quick and easy access to a staggering variety of parks and other sites for outdoor recreation, including skiing, snowshoeing, rafting, fishing, hunting, ziplining, hiking, biking and more. The cultural offerings aren’t too shabby, either, including museums, galleries, and performing arts venues. Here are some notable destinations in the Colorado Springs area and their driving times from your home base: U.S. Air Force Academy – (8 minutes) Pulpit Rock Park - open space preserve with 500 acres of land with paved and unpaved trails, plus city and mountain views (11 minutes) Ute Valley Park – hiking, mountain biking among diverse wildlife and rocky-forested geological features (14 minutes) Colorado College – (15 minutes) Downtown Colorado Springs – dining, shopping, museums, art galleries, performing arts venues (16 minutes) Sunset Mesa Open Space - includes a 3.2-mile trail with opportunities for spotting wildlife (17 minutes) Blodgett Open Space -- 388 acres of open space, trails, and wildlife habitat neighboring the Pikes National Forest (18 minutes) Old Colorado City – Colorado Springs’ National Historic District with classic architecture and a storied past, as well as a funky collection of restaurants, shops, and galleries, plus museums and walking tours (18 minutes) Patty Jewett Golf Course – historic public course open for play continuously since 1898, offering 18 and 9-hole courses, as well as a bar and grill with breathtaking views of Pikes Peak (20 minutes) Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center: breathtaking, 300-foot-tall sandstone rock formations, hiking trails (20 minutes) Bear Creek Regional Park East: hiking and biking trails, tennis courts, playground (21 minutes) Red Rock Canyon Open Space: hiking trails, bike park (21 minutes) High Chaparral Open Space -- highest point in eastern Colorado Springs, great views of land and wildlife alike (22 minutes) Cheyenne Caňon Park - 1,600-acre park with hiking and biking trails, picturesque Helen Falls, habitat for Black Bear, Mountain Lion and Mule Deer (23 minutes) Manitou Springs – quaint, artsy small town with shopping and both casual and fine dining (24 minutes) Cheyenne Mountain Zoo – wide variety of animals from around the world in a unique and picturesque mountain setting (28 minutes) Fort Carson – (28 minutes) Colorado Springs Airport – (29 minutes) Pikes Peak (a/k/a “America’s Mountain”: a must-see, standing a breathtaking 14,115 feet above sea level (31 minutes) Peterson Space Force Base – (33 minutes) Browse our pictures, ask any questions, and book today!