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Visitors are welcome every day of the year.
In addition to the land, visitors are encouraged to visit two remarkable examples of architectural and cultural beauty:
  • The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is the largest example of Tibetan sacred architecture in the West.
  • The Amaterasu Omikami Shrine is the only such shrine to this important Shinto deity located outside of Japan.

Directions to Shambhala Mountain Center from Denver International Airport

  • Take Pena Boulevard for 9.8 miles
  • Take the 40th Avenue Exit, Exit Number 1A, towards I-70E/Airport Blvd./Aurora for .2 miles
  • Merge onto Airport Blvd for .3 miles
  • Merge onto I-70 for 5.2 miles
  • Take the I-270 N Exit, exit number 279, towards Ft. Collins for 4.7 miles
  • Take the I-25 North Exit towards Ft. Collins for 62 miles
  • Pass the Budweiser Beer Factory and take Owl Canyon Road - Exit 281
  • Head west towards the mountains for 7.5 miles and follow the road sharply to the right just past Weaver Ranch.
  • Continue 1.2 miles and make a left at the "T".
  • Go 3 miles into the mountains to a Stop sign at Highway 287.
  • Go right and continue for 2.5 miles, then turn left on 74E just before the Fork's Restaurant. (Sign to Livermore, Red Feather Lakes and Boy Scout Ranch.)
  • Drive 16 miles on 74E then make a left onto County Road 68C. (Wooden sign on left says Ben De Latour Boy Scout Ranch.)
  • Go 5 miles to Shambhala Mountain Center entrance on left.

View a printable driving directions map in GIF format or in PDF format.


Map from MapQuest.com

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Directions to Shambhala Mountain Center from Boulder

  • From 28th Street, go east on the Diagonal for 5.2 miles
  • Turn right on Highway 52 and go 11.2 miles to Interstate I-25
  • Go north (left) on I-25 for 46 miles to Owl Canyon Road-Exit 281
  • Head west towards the mountains for 7.5 miles and follow the road sharply to the right just past Weaver Ranch
  • Continue 1.2 miles and make a left at the "T"
  • Go 3 miles into the mountains to a Stop sign at Highway 287
  • Go right and continue for 2.5 miles, then turn left on 74E just before the Fork's Restaurant (Sign to Livermore, Red Feather Lakes and Boy Scout Ranch)
  • Drive 16 miles on 74E then make a left onto County Road 68C (Wooden sign on left says Ben De Latour Boy Scout Ranch)
  • Go 5 miles to Shambhala Mountain Center entrance on left

View a printable driving directions map in GIF format or in PDF format.