The Red Feather Lakes area is a year-round outdoor playground that offers beautiful scenery, diverse wildlife, hiking trails and cozy mountain retreats. Located in the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins, Red Feather Lakes is a rustic mountain village surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest. The village has three small general stores with gas pump, groceries, ATM and gift shop, a hardware store, an outdoor sports shop, a coffee shop, a community library, small antique store, and post office. Several rustic mountain restaurants are located in the community.

Gnome Road (aka "Elf Lane") is a mountain dirt road in the village. Hikers strolling and cars cruising the scenic road will find ceramic elves and gnomes as well as fairy doors and faces among the trees, boulders and bushes.

Open to sightseers of any religion, the dramatic 108-foot temple-like structure represents the aspiration for peace, harmony and equanimity for all beings. Nearby Beaver Meadows Resort Ranch will get you situated for horseback riding, sleigh rides, fishing and more, and Red Feather Guides & Outfitters in Walden (about an hour and a half away) will show you some of the area's best fishing and hunting locales.