Take a quick trip to Colorado’s high plains to experience life on the prairie then and now. The Plains Conservation Center is a nature preserve and educational center with replicas of a homestead village and tipi camp that showcase pioneer and plains Native Americans life in the late 1800's. It encompasses over 1,100 acres of short grass prairie with breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, located at 21901 E. Hampden Ave. Aurora, CO 80013.
Join the naturalist and Denver Botanic Gardens staff for guided hikes, presentations, and events including full moon hikes, homeschool programs, cultural history programs, astronomy nights, birding safaris, agriculture festivals and more!
Join us for wagon rides on the prairie to see resident wildlife, tours of the 1880's tipi camp and homestead village, and presentations by HawkQuest with live eagles, owls, falcons, and more during our SCFD free days. Free days this year are on the following dates: