Tour de Fleur

Colorado State Parks kicks off Tour de Fleur with National Wildflower week. It is a great time to get out and enjoy the beauty of Colorado’s wildflowers; whether taking wonderful photographs or going on a family nature hike you can do it all at Colorado State Park’s Tour de Fleur.

Tour de Fleur highlights the beauty of the Colorado’s wonderful wildflowers such as the columbine, scarlet paintbrush, Pasque flower, mariposa lily, prickly pear cactus, penstemon, shooting star and mule’s ear.

There are 21 parks (see map) participating in the 2007 Tour de Fleur including Lory, Barr Lake, Steamboat Lake, Ridgway, Vega, Navajo, Roxborough, North Sterling and Castlewood Canyon.

Each of the participating parks are offering commemorative book marks, there are eight in total. The book marks depict different flowers, so be sure to visit the different parks to collect them all.

Living in Colorado provides outdoor hiking and photography opportunities unparallel to anywhere else in the world. So come out and experience Tour de Fleur lasting through the spring and summer at Colorado State Parks.

To find out where the wildflowers are currently in bloom, go to our Parks Search page and click on the conditions tab, then check spring colors.