Estes Park is the eastern gateway to the stunning grandeur of Rocky Mountain National Park, where you can travel Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved through road in the nation. Estes Park offers hospitality and shopping in a quaint mountain town, while sharing its natural beauty with elk grazing on its golf courses and lawns. Sightseers and residents flock to the town’s environs every fall to witness the herd’s amazing mating rite. Whether you like fishing, hunting, hiking, rafting, biking, horseback riding, golfing or bird watching, you can enjoy the great outdoors at your own pace in Estes Park. Other area attractions include the spectacular scenery on Trail Ridge Road or the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway. Estes Park, CO is also just a day trip away from casino gambling in both Blackhawk and Central City.