Estes Park Essential Info
Overview
Estes Park is a town in the Front Range region of the state of Colorado in America. It is located 90 miles northwest of Denver, on the eastern slope of the Front Range in north central Colorado. Estes Park sits at the east entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Description is available from Wikitravel under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. A list of contributors is available at the original article.
Basics
Best Time To Go
Apr-Oct
Current Time
Current Weather
35 °F
Partly Cloudy
Fun Facts
- Estes Park is named after Missouri native Joel Estes who founded the community in 1859.
- Stanely Hotel located in Estes Park served as the inspiration for Stephen King's Overlook Hotel in his 1977 bestseller "The Shining".
- Estes Park's official sister city is Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Popular Foods
- Smoked Trout
- Barbecue