Oftentimes the best travel finds are purely serendipitous. Take, for example, my family’s recent drive from our mountain home to the Colorado Springs airport. We had to stop about halfway through our little Colorado road trip to eat a picnic lunch, and we randomly pulled off I-70 at the Dillon/Silverthorne Exit 205. A couple miles’ drive east on Highway 6 (then a right on Lake Dillon Drive) brought us to Lake Dillon, its marina area and the most phenomenal playground for kids of all ages . We reveled in pretty vistas of majestic snowcapped peaks and tiny white sailboats on the water. Gorgeous! The park is at more than 9,000 feet in elevation, so I confidently call it the best high-altitude playground in the United States . Not only are the mountain and lake views fabulous, but there are plenty of picnic tables (and grills) for eating al fresco, loads of parking, clean-ish bathrooms and a paved recreation path that runs along Lake Dillon (also known as the Dillon Reservoir). But the real boon is the top-notch playground equipment manufactured by KOMPAN .

Original Source Best High-Altitude Playground in America – Colorado’s Dillon Marina Park