Academy Hotel

Colorado Springs


The closest hotel to the US Air Force Academy has kept on top of its game, undertaking regular updates to ensure its rooms stay spick and span for its high turnover of guests, so you can be sure of comfortable beds, fast internet and friendly service.


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Nearby Colorado Springs attractions

1. Pulpit Rock Park

2.33 MILES

This attractive open space is connected to the Austin Bluffs Open Space and features a 4.4-mile loop trail that is suitable for adults and kids of good…

2. Austin Bluffs Open Space

3.71 MILES

This beautiful reserve overlooking Colorado Springs and the Rockies beyond is strewn with distinctive rock formations dating to the Eocene period. Walking…

3. US Air Force Academy

3.87 MILES

A visit to this campus, one of the highest-profile military academies in the country, offers a limited but nonetheless fascinating look into the lives of…

4. Garden of the Gods

5.98 MILES

This gorgeous vein of red sandstone (about 290 million years old) appears elsewhere along Colorado's Front Range, but the exquisitely thin cathedral…

5. Rock Ledge Ranch

6.12 MILES

This living history museum near the Garden of the Gods park entrance is worth a visit for those interested in the lives of Native Americans and 19th…

6. Money Museum

7.18 MILES

Yes, museums dedicated to coin collecting do exist. This museum, operated by the American Numismatic Association, has gold coins from the early 19th…

7. Cornerstone Arts Center

7.2 MILES

Colorado College’s striking, $30-million LEED–certified arts complex sits across the street from the Fine Arts Center. You’ll see sculpture on the front…