Our golf course, Fossil Trace, has won design awards and offers breath-taking scenery.

Vital Outdoors, Bent Gate, Alpine Glow, Golden River Adventures, Gold’n Detector

The Golden City Brewery operates out of a carriage house in the 12th Street Historic District. They’re close to the campus, and popular with the School of Mines crowd. Inside seating is very limited, but they have a beer garden that is popular even in surprisingly cool temperatures. They close at 6:30, so a visit to the Brewery is an afternoon pleasure.

Coors gives a good tour. Starting at their visitor parking lot at 13th and Ford Street, they drive you on a quick loop through the historic downtown, then to the brewery. There, you learn some about the history of the brewery (which was established in Golden in 1873), then see the giant vats and the brewery process itself, and end in the hospitality room, where you can sample Coors products for free.

We have lots of hiking trails too. Most of North and South Table Mountains are Open Space, and several trails lead west into the Mountains.

The Super Cruise is officially held the first Saturday of the month, May through October. If the weather is good, they often have "unofficial cruises" in April and November as well. The classic cars start to congregate along South Golden Road in mid-afternoon, and it’s like one long, huge car show. People walk around admiring each others engines and paint jobs and generally talking cars. Most of the cars are American, but foreign cars are welcome.

If the monthly Super Cruise doesn’t sate your hunger for American heavy metal, be sure to attend the Wild West Auto Roundup in June. This takes place along two blocks of Washington Avenue in the historic downtown. There are food vendors, bands, and prizes for the best cars.

For those looking vehicles even larger than American cars from the 1950s and 60s, the Colorado Railroad Museum offers the perfect solution. They have many railroad cars, including several engines that they fire up on a regular basis to give rides around the museum grounds. They also have a wonderful and elaborate model railroad setup in the basement of the museum.