Free & Cheap Things To Do Around Colorado Springs

Looking for vacation must-dos, inexpensive family outings, or a cheap date night in Colorado Springs? Colorado Springs is full of free and cheap things to do any time of the year! From a plethora of hiking trails to free museums, here’s some of our favorite things to do in and within a day’s drive of Colorado Springs. Be sure to also check out our page of upcoming local events.

Black Forest Regional Park & Pikes Peak Loop

$5.75 Tuesday Deal at Cinemark Carefree Circle

Free T-Shirt, Aquarium Tickets, and More with Broncos Bunch Membership for Kids

Discount “Ski School” for Kids

$6 Tuesday Deal at Icon Cinemas

Visit the Colorful & Free Xeriscape Garden

Hike & Bike at Red Rock Canyon Open Space

Hike and Bike on Falcon Trail at USAFA

Hike Seven Bridges: An Easy 4-Mile Family Hike

Free Cookbook Exchange and Knife Sharpening at Gather Food Studio

10 Places to Get Cheap Ice Cream in Colorado Springs

Free FAC Membership, Theater Tickets for 4th Graders

Discounts to Denver Zoo, Children’s Museum, and More through Denver CityPASS

The Wyoming Territorial Prison Historic Site

Things To Do in Durango/Pagosa Springs

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Western Museum of Mining and Industry

Cripple Creek Railroad

Manitou Springs “Penny Arcade”

US Olympic Training Center

Behind-The-Scenes Tours of Dion’s Pizza

Black Forest Log School

Colorado Springs Fire Museum

South Park City (1880s Mining Town)

El Pomar Carriage Museum

Free Classical Music Concerts at Colorado College

Free Cooking Classes at Williams-Sonoma

Buell Children’s Museum in Pueblo

Free Symphony Tickets for Kids with Adult Ticket Purchase

Free Admission to Other Museums with Space Foundation Annual Pass

U.S. Figure Skating Museum

Penrose Heritage Museum (The “Carriage Museum”)

National Museum of WWII Aviation

Inexpensive Ways to Enjoy Local Theater

Mt. Cutler Hike at N. Cheyenne Canon Park

Hike Pulpit Rock

Dirty Woman Park in Monument

Devil’s Head Fire Lookout Tower Hike

Fountain Creek Nature Center

Helen Hunt Falls/Silver Cascade Falls Hike

Great Sand Dunes National Park

America The Beautiful Park

Breckenridge’s Fairy Forest Hike (Detailed Directions)

Village Green Park

Black Forest Section 16 Hike

Andrew J. Templeton Park

Hike Castlewood Canyon State Park

Bear Creek Nature Center

Fox Run Regional Park

St. Peter’s Dome Hike

The Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys

Hammond’s Candy Factory Tours in Denver

The Denver Mint

Hike St. Peter’s Dome