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Optional Activities

• The Shining Tour at Stanley Hotel 
Friday, August 8 @ 8pm Shining Tour (private CAC tour) 

Make reservations and pay through rally registration form.  The Stanley Hotel Shining Private Tour $46 per person

The Shining Tour focuses on Stephen King's stay at the Hotel in 1974 and what inspired him to write his award-winning novel The Shining. The tour guide will talk about the differences between the book, Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie, and Stephen King’s 1997 TV series and why the move was not filmed at the Stanley Hotel but the tv series was. This tour will take you to the West end of the hotel. Depending on location availability this tour will feature the MacGregor room and Caretaker’s Cottage with a couple stops in between. https://www.stanleyhotel.com/

7pm cherry pie social before tour

• 10th Annual Estes Park Wine Festival 
Sat.-Sun., August 9-10, 2025 
https://estesparkwinefestival.com/
(optional/reserve tickets on your own)
Purchase tickets online at
www.eventbrite.com/e/10th-annual-estes-park-wine-festival-tickets-1098228594289?aff=oddtdtcreator

•  Estes Park Aerial Tram 
Saturday, August 9 @ 3:30pm 
(optional/reserve tickets on your own)
Tram ride is 5 minutes each way.
Spend as long as you’d like at the top 
(the average is a little over an hour).
Last tram up at 6:00pm.
Last tram down at 6:45pm.
9am-6pm daily.
www.estestram.com

Estes Park August Events:
https://www.visitestespark.com/events-calendar/by-month/august/

Things To do:

https://www.visitestespark.com/things-to-do/



Visitor Guide:
https://publuu.com/flip-book/140710/1094910

First Friday Art Groove

https://www.estesartsdistrict.org/first-friday.html
Take a free tour of local art galleries! Various locations will serve food and refreshments and host artist meet-and-greets, demonstrations, show openings, and live music.

Explore Rocky Mountain National Park!
While there are multiple entrances to the park, the closest Beaver Meadows entrance is only 2.8 miles from Manor RV Park!  May-October, a timed entry reservation is required to enter Rocky Mountain National Park. Please be aware of the timed-entry permits required to enter the park in addition to entrance fees or a park pass.  Timed entry permits will be required for entry between 9am and 2pm for general admission, and between 5am and 6pm for the Bear Lake Corridor. They release 40% of tickets the evening before at 5pm, so it is possible to get one if you are quick with the computer. 
Note: if you arrive early before the park opens, no need for a permit!  
This also applies to outlying areas of the park like Lumpy Ridge, Lily Lake, Longs Peak, 
Wild Basin and others.    
https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/fees.htm

https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086910

Campsite Price - $269 for 3 nights