Pikes Peak: Inspiration for the words to America the Beautiful, milestone for gold seekers in the 1850s whose wagons bore "Pikes Peak or Bust" and the most visited mountain summit in North America. Pikes Peak is one don't-miss destination in Colorado.

Visible for hundreds of miles, Pikes Peak forms a stunning backdrop for Colorado Springs, Woodland Park, Fort Carson, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Garden of the Gods, Cripple Creek and many other regional cities and attractions. Whether traveling by car on the Pikes Peak Highway, by train on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway or by foot on the Barr Trail, more than a half million people reach the summit every year.

With an altitude of 14,115 feet above sea level, Pikes Peak ranks 31st among Colorado's 54 ‘fourteeners’ (mountains with peaks 14,000 feet or more above sea level). It is also the farthest east of the big peaks in the Rocky Mountain chain.

You owe it to yourself and your family to make Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs your vacation destination!