Room to Spread Out & Deck with Mountain Views

The Neighborhood

Visitors to the Colorado Springs area often choose to stay in Monument due to its spectacular natural scenery, its quaint “downtown,” and close proximity to both cultural and culinary delights of Colorado Springs, and a long list of opportunities for exhilarating outdoor recreation. It’s a beautiful place to make your home base. This home is just a 5-minute drive from the center of Monument and Route 25, which will carry you south into downtown Colorado Springs (10 minutes) or north into Denver (1 hour). Cute Monument offers a nice variety of casual dining and fast food, coffee shops (including Starbucks), and a Safeway supermarket. Here are several popular destinations and their drive times from your location: Santa Fe Regional Trail -- 15 miles of graveled surface; hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter. Home to Palmer Lake Recreation Area, 36 acres including a picturesque lake and walking path (5 minutes) Monument Rock – Enjoy hiking a 2.7-mile loop trail that offers opportunities for spotting wildlife (10 minutes) Fox Run Regional Park – hiking trails, picnic areas, pavilions (13 minutes) U.S. Air Force Academy (15 minutes) Ute Valley Park – hiking, mountain biking among diverse wildlife and rocky-forested geological features (20 minutes) Downtown Colorado Springs – dining, shopping, museums, art galleries, performing arts venues (22 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 (24 minutes) The Garden of The Gods Visitor & Nature Center - breathtaking, 300-foot-tall sandstone rock formations, hiking trails (25 minutes) Red Rock Canyon Open Space - hiking trails, bike park (27 minutes) Bear Creek Regional Park East - hiking and biking trails, tennis courts, playground (27 minutes) Manitou Springs – quaint, artsy small town with shopping and both casual and fine dining (29 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 (29 minutes) Cheyenne Mountain Zoo – wide variety of animals from around the world in a unique and picturesque mountain setting (33 minutes) Pike’s Peak -- also known as “America’s Mountain” -- reaching over 14,000 feet into the clouds (36 minutes) Peterson Space Force Base (40 minutes) Colorado Springs Airport (40 minutes) Fort Carson – U.S. Army base (45 minutes)