Visit North Cheyenne Canon Park

History, Beauty, Hiking, and Biking

And Waterfalls Too!

I love the North Cheyenne Canon park. It is really beautiful it's a great place to hike and bike. Here is the city description of this beautiful park.

If you want to visit the past, then take a walking tour up Gold Camp Road from within the park. You can no longer drive up Gold Camp Road so it is a great place to hike, ride horses, or bike. Here is a map of the area provided by the city of Colorado Springs.

Another great destination is Helen Hunt Falls.

Helen Hunt Jackson was a successful writer who moved to Colorado Springs in 1873 to restore her health with "the curative air of the Rockies." The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame describes Helen Hunt Jackson as "the most brilliant, impetuous and thoroughly individual woman in her time. She rose above personal tragedy and became on of the most successful writers of her day. She included as her friends, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Through her dedication to Indian reform during the last five years of her life, she wrote herself into American history."

As you can see from the pictures below, the falls are easy to reach from the road. The hike is quite short and easily accessible. It is a great place to take kids on a hot day.

After hiking to the top of the of the falls, you can continue up the trail to the Silver Cascade Falls.

Here is a map of the Helen Hunt Falls area. This is an interactive map of the whole North Cheyenne Canon park. Simply click on the Helen Hunt Falls area for a more detailed map of the area.

You can also see all the additional trails in the North Cheyenne Canon area on this map.

To get to North Cheyenne Canon park from the downtown area, go south on Nevada Avenue to Cheyenne Blvd. Turn right (west) and follow it until it turns into North Cheyenne Canon Rd at the Starsmore Discovery Center.

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