Inside Estes Park — guides https://insideestespark.com/ An independent guide to Estes Park, Colorado: the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, Elkhorn Avenue, the trailheads, the elk, and mountain life. en-us Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Estes Park history: the Circle, the earl's hunting ground, the Stanley, a national park and three floods https://insideestespark.com/articles/estes-park-history/ https://insideestespark.com/articles/estes-park-history/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Arapaho and Ute summers in the Circle, Joel Estes in 1859, Isabella Bird and the Earl of Dunraven, F.O. Stanley's hotel, Enos Mills and the national park of 1915, a water tunnel under the Divide, and the floods of 1976, 1982 and 2013. The short history of Estes Park, with sources. History Estes Park with kids: Junior Rangers, the community center pools, Stanley Park, Lake Estes and the library https://insideestespark.com/articles/estes-park-with-kids/ https://insideestespark.com/articles/estes-park-with-kids/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Where to take children in Estes Park, Colorado: the national park's free Junior Ranger books and easy lake loops, the elk rules, the community center's pools and Cubz Den, Stanley Park's playground and skate park, Lake Estes boats, the tram, and the library's storytimes, with fall dates. Families