Reviews of Barry Goldwater Visitor Center (Travel Agency)

Michael Richards

Fantastic

Jean Ray

The chapel is beautiful and the mountains surrounding the base are breathtaking. The visitor center does give a full history of the cadets. You can walk a trail to the chapel.

justin shock

Beautifully well taking care of.

Marty Heath

Loved my visit. Great selections of anything Air Force related.

norbert korte

Gives some good history

Tim Arndt

Beautiful

Tony Lopez

Very clean and well organized.

William Maples

The chapel was amazing! I had no idea that the stained glass was so beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice.

Gordon K. Sitt

A short 5 min walk from the cadet area.

Chuck Marcelin

Amazing base just tucked away in the mountains

Annette Fadul

Many interesting stories of the academy and its recruits!

J. Appe

There is a very large gift shop here. All kinds of clothing and random items. I really liked the large selection of Air Force academy hats. Found the perfect one to add to my collection.

Cheeze merk

Clean and well maintained, signs and access is a little confusing and lacking

Adam Anthony

Nice place. Managed with military precision. Grounds are nice to walk around. Great backdrops.

Michael Hyser

If you are in the Colorado Springs area, the Air Force Academy is a great place to visit. Rich in history, the museum provides a look into how the AF Academy came to be as well as life as a cadet. Video is informative, and it is a short walk to the multi-denominational cathedral

Stephanie Zimmerman

I'm not a military buff, my husband wanted to go. We got to go up to the chapel and see the cadets form up for march before lunch.

aaron bacon

This stop wasn't planned, so when we pulled up to the gate we weren't sure if we would be allowed onto the campus. They allowed us on after showing ID and allowing the gate personnel to check out the vehicle we were in. I am glad that went made the stop the chapel and the campus were great and the visitor center had a nice museum and gift shop.

Lee Perry

We had such a great time here learning so much about the Acadamy. They have so much to look at and see.

Karlton cruz

High respect!!!

Dennis Mcmullen

The academy is placed in a beatuful setting. Cadet chapel is a must see

Ben Trentman

Great introduction to the Academy and what life is like for the Cadets. And the gift shop is impressive, but very expensive!

richard white

The grounds look absolutely beautiful and maticulously kept up. The museum was very informative and the staff was helpful. We loved the cadets chapel that awesome.

Roberta Guzman

Fun and educational

Linda Baldwin

Nice

Michael Smith

In comparison to the other service academy visitors' centers, this is slightly disappointing. Very little to see and do here as most of the space is taken up with a cafeteria and mega shop.

Angela Avers

The chapel is gorgeous.

Alon Bajayo

Were pretty disappointed. You don't see much but the film in the auditorium. No planes to walk by and nothing special.

Ken Tracy

Thoroughly enjoyed visit.

Carlena Hamlin

Great place to learn about the USAF! The grounds an facilities are well maintained.

Micah Looper

This place is amazing!

Steve Reddin

Neat place to take kids and see live falcons.

Jeff McPheron

Informative tour by retired USAFA grad.

Roger Webber

It's ok, but little to see, ie aircraft.

Melissa Monios

These pictures tell it like it is. A place of honor & respect to our air force & the men & women who serve. I highly recommend checking it out.

John Patterson

Felt very secure..

Nate S

My favorite thing about the visitor's center is that they still *sell* screen savers.

Kimberly Erin Merriott

I wanted to see the guts of a plane and se all the technological stuff y'all are learning. I was kinda disappointed. The chapel is lovely. The views impeccable. Teach us more.

William Sowle

Beautiful place

Molly Detwiler

The chapel is a must see.

Anthony Runion

Great views... bring your walking shoes.

Krystal Rhodes

Must visit

Lenny Longo

We surprised our daughter going here on a trip out west. She has been eyeing it as a college in many years time. It's a pretty neat place, the campus, from what we can see has the usual college adornments but with uniforms and planes--pretty cool! We were allowed to see the church cathedral as well. They have a short movie that shows the 1st year of life at the academy which I highly recommend.

Kim Nguyen

Loved visiting here. Have not been there since u was around 14 and that was on a vacation with my parents. Didn't pay much attention at that time. Loved the surrounding view. The Chapel is absolutely gorgeous. Can't wait to go back!!!!!!

Riad Hassan

Friendly staff, we had a great time visiting the academy and the Chapel within.

w. andre bellamy

Best of the service academies! My kids loved it!

David Holt

Great intro movie!

richard martinez

School aged children were curious about AF Academy so we made trip from AZ. Kids enjoyed tour and especially the information given from video. Awesome time....

Jonna Nevins

Thanks all service member to our great nation, and I wish to see more and more talent young people join the Air Force.

Ron and Jeanne T

Must see

John Gillette

This is a must see place in Colorado Springs

Doug Bugado

Awesome gift shop, fast food, and great displays. Must stop here if checking out Air Force Academy.

Brandi Pritchard

Beautiful place for a pit stop.

Phineas Reichert

Clean and well maintained. Plenty of parking. Lots of USAFA aparrell, and a small museum. Also has a small Dunkin Donuts attached. Bathrooms are present and clean. Small tubes of sunblock are available at an expensive rate.

Julie Jones

One of my favorite places to take tourists.

Gustavo Hernandez

(Translated by Google) Excellent (Original) Excelent

Jeffery Grant

This us at Garden of the Gods. Very interesting.

JC Kirk

Man at the front desk was very helpful.

Maria Hatch

Loved the center. Great history, beautiful location.

Thomas Brantley

A really nice point of interest

Chuck French

Very well done, helpful staff. Would recommend.

Vicky Towe

Wonderful to visit

George Rimel

So interesting and informative

minibox ghost

Pretty neat I liked the movie

Robert Green

Huge souvenir shop.

Rodger Chartrand

Aim High! Never lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those who do.

Ron Harding

Lillian at the visitor center front desk was extremely helpful and friendly. Thank you

mar stutz

A wonderful visit! We spent 2 hours there. They have a great 20 minute video about the academy then we did an hour walking tour (less than a mile long) given by an air force vet. Learned so much! The gift shop, chapel and museum were great too!

chris keough

It's been years since I have been to the visitor center, very clean and amazing to learn the history of the USAFA and see some of the sights! Nice easy trail over to the cadet chapel as well!

CLASSIFIED

It's a fun place to see but once you see it you've seen it not something to visit alot.

S .Cook

Most see

Walt Nicholson

Learn about the academy and get your US AFA swag.

Robert Chandler

Awesome chapel and organ.

Christopher Hoffman

Spectacular.

Amanda Ham

This was really a great experience learning about the Air Force.

Lisa Trayner

Fun to see the history of the Academy and learn about the life of the cadets. Beautiful chapel nearby.

Max Gas

Great place to spend some time. Visitor center was very nice and had very interesting displays and details about the history of the Academy.

Amber Chappell

Really neat place with a small museum and a huge gift shop. All things Air Force Academy!!

Christy Luers

Air Force Academy is a great place to visit. Beautiful grounds and chapel, too!

chad schoolcraft

Lots of cool stuff here. It's worth stopping in.

Dan Shelley

I learned a lot there. Friendly staff. Make sure you take the walk over to the Chapel as well.

Fred Ringel

Very interesting place telling the air forces history, past, present and future. And it’s free too!

Dan Pulver

Very well presented. A lot of history. We'll worth the time.

Lisa Cole-Jones

Great visitor's center. The chapel is a must see.

Peter Hill

US Air Force Academy. A Must see

K F

USA all the way

James Moore

The staff there make all visitors feel welcome and are most helpful. Great place to get a feel for cadet life at the academy.

Sharon Martinez

Informative and well laid out. Lots of stuff for sale to visitors.

Cindy Ruskamp

The chapel is a must to see.

Ron Theede

Great museum

Cindy Kimpton

Unbelievable! I was so amazed and humbled while we were here. We needed more time to just simply learn and enjoy more. We will return!

Jim Petykowski

This is the public visitors center where you kick off your visit to the base. Make sure you go to the North end of the base to enter. The visit is free and has plenty of parking for all sizes of vehicles. The first thing you see when you enter is the gift shop which has great made products and shirts.

Emily Bever

The drive to the visitor center from the north gate is worth it, just to see the gorgeous campus! It's a short, relatively easy 0.3 mile hike from the visitor center down to the Cadet Chapel, which has amazing stained glass and a neat organ. Inside the visitor center, there's a 20 minute video about the Air Force and the academy plus some displays on cadet life (and a gift shop for all your USAF swag needs!). Pick up a free map to take a self-guided driving tour of the campus.

Joe Grispart

Great place to visit. Lots of history.

Monty Mann

If you need USAFA stuff: look no further.

alicia vaca

I like

Christopher Lewis

Mainly a big store with some history.

Jeffrey Butzow

Excellent Air Force Academy history! Well presented.

C CJS

Impressive facility.

Thode Lorentzen

Fin film som forklarer livet i akademiet hver halve time i filmsalen. Kapellet er storartet, men ønsket å komme nermere flyene.

Stephen Scherrer

A must-see for visitors to the USAFA. There is a 20 minute movie that shows what cadet life is like, from the first day through graduation. There is a gift shop with all kinds of things for sale.

Mary Viney

Beautiful building

Kevin A

Loved every minute of the visit. Must see if you are in Colorado Springs.

Doug W

worth the visit. interesting overview of the academy. chapel was very interesting to see and learn about. get good view of the academy but did not see much about info if people wanted more info about admissions if that is what you want. may be possible but not from what I saw.

mike hammel

God bless our troups!!

Bill Stein

Open 9-5 every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day, and New Year's Eve/Day. Enter the North Gate, only need your driver's license to get in. Grads give guided tours of the Chapel. The movie "A Year In The Blue" is 21 minutes long and runs every half hour throughout the day. You should go see it!

Billy Tharp

The Visitor Center and Gift Shop are combined in one building and very well done. Everything is neat, clean and well organized, as is to be expected from a military facility. The informational displays about the Academy are well presented and very educational. The Gift Shop has a large variety of items ranging from inexpensive to very expensive. I was delighted to find a "penny smasher" inside as well. On a side note, The trail to the Cadet Chapel can be a challenge if you have difficulty walking or other difficulties. The attendant at the reception desk can give you driving directions for that. Overall, a wonderful experience.

Bronson Cambra

Great place

Steve Johnsen

I've driven by the Air Force Academy so many times, but never came to visit. I'm really glad I did! It's very interesting to come to the visitor center and learn about the life of the cadets. There is a really nice trail that goes from the Visitor Center up to the chapel. The chapel is absolutely gorgeous! And the visitor center has a really good film and displays about the Air Force Academy history and life at the Academy. Visitors should be aware that there is a security check at the entrance to the Air Force Academy. Everyone will need photo ID, and no weapons are allowed on the grounds.

PSax

Be sure to watch the movie about one year as a cadet.

Matita .Salazar

Huge facility, super clean =)

Rick Walkenhorst

A must visit for everyone. Be sure to watch the short movie on a year as a cadet.

BAnAnA Ortiz

Very cool place to learn about the Air Force.

Justin Ellsworth

For visitors - simply a must stop. They center walks you through the history of USAFA (and the Air Force). They have a theater that is on a loop to show you a myriad of short films (life as a cadet, etc.). Inside the visitors center, they have a solid gift shop with lots of memorabilia to take home and a Subway for a quick bite. They have a few trails that off shoot from the Visitors Center that take you over to the Chapel where you can take in views of most of the Academy... again a must stop if you are visiting!

Michelle Ashton

Very interesting place to see.

Heather McH

Totally worth going to the Visitors Center. It's a shirt walk to the famous Chapel. The Visitors Center itself provides a good deal of information about the Academy itself, when it was built, and some of the activities that take place on campus. Don't forget the video!

Oscar Ramos

Awesome place to visit !!!

Doug Duvigneaud

I've only been once but we were lucky enough to see the falcons and their handlers while we were there! I didn't hydrate enough and got altitude sickness after climbing the stairs to the Visitor Center but fortunately, there's a short video about cadet life that I was able to watch, and after drinking lots of water and sitting for a while, I was able to enjoy the sights. The campus is beautiful and one of the buildings near the Chapel - The Center for Character and Leadership Development - is shaped like the tail fin of a B-52. You can see it and the spires of the Chapel in one of the pictures I've uploaded. In my opinion, it's a must-see place in Colorado!

Dianna Sigmon

Loved the history of the place.

Rita Trinidad

Lot's to look at and great video to watch

Jean Doiron

Great prices and great food!

Steffanie Rios

A must do when visiting Colorado Springs!! The diaplays, into video and shop are fantastic! When parked at the center, take the short walk to see the Cadet Chapel and stop at the lookout and information displays along the way. If I could give more stars for this area I definitely would

Traveler

Nice

Stephanie Novak

Nice facility and very informative.

Mike Knolinski

Very impressive grounds and facilities. But that's to be expected from our U.S. Air Force! Friendly people all around to answer any questions my son and I had during our visit 6/22/18. Was great to talk with a woman in your gift shop who was from Milwaukee. Good to talk with a fellow Wisconsinite!

Harry Ward

Immaculately kept. Beautiful.

Anatol P

A must see place in Colorado Springs

Andre Bellamy

Bucket list trip!

Alex Aydin

Beautiful facilities.

Ruth Bly

Very interesting.

Justin Yeh

I'm impressed that the campus is so big and open for visit. Not much for visitors to really see though.

Abundant Living

Awesome.....go Amy, beat AF, Navy, and Marines.

sam white

Every citizen should visit.

Gyan Pratap Singh

The church was absolutely beautiful, with light shining through from the tinted glass. breathtaking.

Michelle Kahl

Excellent, in all aspects. Great movie, exhibits, and staff.

Jong IK Chu

Great place to visit.

Pam Davidson

Chapel was beautiful

Ste DoCli

Awesome place to visit.

Danny Christacopulos

Very informative center and location to start your tour of the Air Force Academy. Sweet and short walk through of the history of the academy, a video to view, a place to grab a quick bite or drink and a great selection of merchandise for all price ranges! The entire family enjoyed our visit.

Geoff Mulligan

Usafa is amazing. But im biased since i graduated from there. The visitor center is wonderful.

Steven Oswald

The hours of admittance are very inconvenient for civilians. I understand that there needs to be guidelines and rules. But, there could be or should be for extenuating circumstances. My niece is a cadet at the academy. She had made arrangements with her parents for a long weekend visit. I was to pick her up at 7:00am and drive her to Ft. Morgan where she was to meet her dad. When I got there, I was told that I could not enter till 9:00am. I mentioned to the guard that the sign inside academy grounds stated hours of 0530am to 2200pm. He said that that is only for academy personal. Hours need to be relaxed for extenuating circumstances to accommodate these types of situations. Be more flexible and understanding.

Jerry Guebard

AF Academy...what better place

Catherine Hallett

Pretty place for Air Force Training Academy

Randy Smith

Always an inspiration to visit here. We come here everytime we are traveling within an hour or so. We love the history, tradition and respect this place invokes. We are a proud American family.

Dee Pistilli

A must see