Fountain Creek Regional Park and Nature Center
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| location = Peppergrass Lane, Fountain, CO
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Fountain Creek Regional Park and Nature Center is a park and nature center in Fountain, El Paso County, Colorado near Colorado Springs.{{cite book|author1=Linda DuVal|author2=Banks|author3=Laurence Parent|title=Insiders' Guide® to Colorado Springs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHOvlRzCkdQC&pg=PA133|date=14 June 2011|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-6936-0|page=133}}
Overview
The park is free with a nature center and nature trails for hiking, leashed pet walking and horseback riding. The nature center is open Tuesday through Saturday.
The park's ponds and springs are a sanctuary to waterfowl, wildlife and birds, like red-winged blackbirds.{{cite book|author=Angela Thaden Hahn|title=SecurityWidefield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKqiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|date=24 February 2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-3092-9|page=26}}
Gallery
File:Fountation Creek Nature Center 17.JPG|Fountain Creek Nature Center
File:Fountation Creek Nature Center 6.JPG|Fountain Creek Nature Center
File:Fountation Creek Nature Center 9.JPG|Fountain Creek Nature Center
File:Fountation Creek Nature Center 12.JPG|Fountain Creek Nature Center
See also
- Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center, the other Colorado Springs area Nature Center
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Fountain Creek Nature Center}}
- [http://adm.elpasoco.com/CommunityServices/RecandCulturalSvc/Pages/FountainCreekNatureCenter.aspx Fountain Creek Nature Center], El Paso County, Colorado