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Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.
Mount Rosa is a mountain summit of the Pikes Peak Massif in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,504-foot (3,506 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest, 12.8 miles (20.6 km) southwest by west (bearing 233°) of downtown Colorado Springs in Teller County, Colorado, United States. [1] [2] [3]
Palmer Park is a regional park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Located at 3650 Maizeland Road, the park is several miles northeast of the downtown area. [2] Elevation Outdoors Magazine named it Best Urban Park in its Best of Rockies 2017 list. [3]
The outstanding geologic features of the park, including Steamboat Rock, the Three Graces, and Balanced Rock, are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted into "fins" by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the ...
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The park offers many outdoor activities. There are 55 miles (89 km) of trails, biking, camping year-round, hunting, hiking, and horseback riding. [3] It is open in the winter and allows snowshoeing, sledding, and snowtubing. [4] Mueller is a diverse home to a variety of animals including elk, black bear, eagles, hawks and bighorn sheep. [5] [6]
Manitou and Pikes Peak Shops Gas railcar Scrapped A self-propelled work vehicle built in the shops in 1934. Its original Pierce Arrow engine was replaced by number 7's former 707 engine in the 1950s. Unit later received the number 20 and was scrapped in 1982. It was replaced in work service by a rebuilt unit 23. 21 1953 Manitou and Pikes Peak Shops