GARDEN OF THE GODS VISITOR & NATURE CENTER
100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY 2009 CELEBRATION OF
THE GIFT OF GARDEN OF THE GODS
Why Garden of the Gods Park Matters
Garden of the Gods Park, with its vertical red rocks and Pikes Peak views, is recognized worldwide as an iconic landmark of the American West.
Three of North America’s major ecosystems converge within the Park’s boundaries. Its varied rock formations reveal one of the most extensive displays of earth history found anywhere.
Garden of the Gods Park is nationally known as a cultural crossroads where American Indians, explorers, “Pikes Peak or Bust” gold-seekers, railroad builders, homesteaders and health seekers all were drawn to the red rock formations that mark the dramatic meeting place of the Great Plains with the Rocky Mountains.

