
Just 120 miles from Denver is the nine-hole course at 9,000 feet. The nearby peaks rise up to 14,100 feet. Play here but drive on to Salida where there are many motels, a public hot springs pool and fly fishing on the Arkansas River.

In town, the community nine-hole course welcomes visitors. Downtown are restaurants, a riverside park, shops, a public hot springs swimming pool and fly fishing. Stay here for affordable rates.

Along the rushing headwaters of the Rio Grande River at the base of Wolf Creek Pass. The semi-private club offers golf and river fishing.

On the west side of Wolf Creek Pass and near the famous hot springs. The 27-hole course winds through meadows and tall pine trees.

Near Mesa Verde National Park the course is in the "Four Corners Region".

If you are this far away in southwest in Colorado, drop down into New Mexico to play this Golf Digest Five Star course at affordable rates.