What to Do
Are you looking to plan a visit to Sterling? Find a variety of ideas to fill your itinerary. Maybe you love museums or hiking and biking? Perhaps you enjoy golf or disc golf or fishing and boating? Here you’ll discover a variety of activities for every level of adventure. And to top it all off, you’ll rarely be caught in a traffic jam or stand in line!
Ready for some free-range tourism? You’ve come to the right place to roam.
Birding
Bird watchers are finding their perfect playground on the Pioneering Plains of northeastern Colorado. The natural backdrop of Plains areas such as Sterling and Logan County invites birders to journey off the beaten track in search of new encounters with a ...
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Columbine Park
1318 South 3rd Avenue, Sterling, 80751
Sterling’s multi-use trails, especially in Columbine Park, are getting busier all the time. Our trails are open to walkers, joggers, skaters, and bicyclists, of all ages and abilities.
F&H Golf Course
43355 County Rd 30, Fleming, 80728
The 9-hole F&H Park and Recreation District Golf Course in Fleming is a public golf course that opened in 1972. The course measures 3,261 yards from the longest tees and covers a mostly flat terrain with few hills, making it a delight to walk. Three sets ...
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Fox 5 Theatre
313 Poplar St, Sterling, 80751
Modest venue showing first-run blockbusters & independent movies with weekly ticket specials.
Jumbo Reservoir State Wildlife Area
Jumbo Reservoir is a 1,578-acre body of water located on the Jumbo State Wildlife Area located on the Logan County and Sedgwick County border in northeast Colorado. Anglers can expect excellent fishing for walleye and crappie and quality fishing for chann ...
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Logan County Arts League Creative District
Logan County Arts League (LOCAL) Creative District is a hub of activity enhancing the area with the celebration of arts, music, culinary creations, cultural heritage, and more. The arts league's mission is to embrace human creativity and in doing so, will ...
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Logan County Shooting Sports Complex
This 300+ acre site features trapshooting, archery and rifle/pistol ranges that include 1,000-yard and 600-yard ranges, as well as shorter yardage ranges with numerous seat shooting benches. Join in the fun by sighing up for league competitions, annual me ...
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North Sterling State Park
North Sterling State Park, 24005 Co Rd 330, Sterling, 80751
Sterling is the gateway to North Sterling State Park, a boater’s paradise featuring a 3,000-acre lake and 1,500 acres of land supporting a variety of recreational activities. Clean, modern facilities offer camping (141 sites), picnicking, swimming, hik ...
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Overland Trail Museum
110 Overland Trail, Sterling, 80751
The Overland Trail Museum takes you back in time, presenting the history of the Overland Trail. The famous and, at its peak, most heavily traveled highway in the country led to the goldfields of California and later Colorado.
This replica of an old for ...
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Overland Trail Recreation Area
The multi-use trails around a fishing pond and along the river bottom are open to walkers, joggers, skaters, and bicyclists of all ages and abilities. Dogs are welcome too; they must be on a leash at all times in all parks except at the Overland Trail Rec ...
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Pawnee Pioneer Trails Byway
Northeast Colorado's Pawnee Pioneer Trails scenic and historic byway leads you through a fascinating prairie expanse. With the expansion of America into the West, explorers and settlers could hardly believe their eyes when looking upon the Great Plains. W ...
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Pioneer Park
17615 Highway 14, Sterling, 80751
A True Natural!
Get off the beaten path and get on the nature trail! Enjoy a .6 mile trail in Sterling’s Pioneer Park (17615 Highway 14) that traverses through trees and brush and over hill and dale. Grab your camera and take a quiet hike. Listen to the ...
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Pioneer Park Disc Golf Course
Try a different game of golf at the Pioneer Park Disc Golf Course in Sterling. This 18-hole course is in a beautiful setting with a nice variety of open and very tight technical wooded holes. Check out the course review here: https://www.dgcoursereview.co ...
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Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Area
The park sits on about 3,047 acres and is a mix of grasslands, wetlands, and lakes. The reservoir is around 2,400 acres when full and offers year-round recreation. Anglers can expect quality fishing for walleye, saugeye, crappie, wiper, and channel catfis ...
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Recreation Center & Pools
The Sterling Recreation Center has an indoor pool and outdoor pool. The indoor pool has a capacity of 225, including the diving well and an outdoor pool with a capacity of nearly 450. The outdoor pool includes several water features including a Multi-Play ...
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Riverview Golf Course
13064 Co Rd 370, Sterling, 80751
The Riverview Golf Club is conveniently located right off I-76 and minutes from downtown Sterling, Colo.. The golf course and facility are operated by Brent and Jessica Fiscus of Plainsview Golf, Inc.
Riverview offers golfers an experience unmatched in t ...
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Sky Ranch Golf Course
Located in Sterling, CO, Sky Ranch is the premier golf course in the northeast region of Colorado. Founded in 1916 as Sterling Country Club, the course has a rich history within Colorado golf lore. The course is the oldest in northeastern Colorado and one ...
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Sterling Public Library
420 N 5th Street, Sterling, 80751
ADULT...
The library offers a variety of materials and formats for adults. The collection has designated areas for general fiction, mystery, large print, western, science fiction, non-fiction, biographies, audiobooks, and videos. Comfortable chairs surro ...
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Wisdom Park
320 Plainview Ave, Sterling, 80751
Playground equipment, basketball court, playground equipment, concrete walking path, lighted pavilion, picnic tables and restroom.. Located at Plainview and Charmony Place.