Garden of the Gods is located in southern section of the state. The sediment rock and the fractured bedrock in the Garden of the Gods have created a variety of interesting rock formations that are representative of a number of different objects.

The Garden of the Gods has two main trail systems. The best-known in the Garden of the Gods, Illinois is the Observation Trail. It follows a .25-mile stone path that meanders towards the overlooks of the Garden of the Gods Wilderness Area, where you are treated to the sight of the unusual rock formations. The trail is an interpretative trail, that features some interesting information about the history and geology of the Garden of the Gods, Illinois.

Autumn 2006 arrived a few days early in Colorado Springs. The few days preceeding the equinox were chilly and wet. The view west from Cheyenne Mountain to Pikes Peak to the Rampart Range was obscured by a low bank of clouds. This time of year, everyone knows those clouds are to the mountains like a curtain is to a painter’s canvas. Hidden behind the shroud, mother nature was hard at work placing the first layers of white over the reddish-brown face of Pikes Peak. In the quiet hours of September 23, the clouds finally lifted and the skies cleared. Colorado Springs was treated to the season’s first coat of snow on the mountains rising to our western horizon.

Did you know? That Garden of the Gods is nestled within the Shawnee National Forest and this spectacular wilderness area is over 320 million years old and covers over 3,300 acres of amazing old growth forest.

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