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Fountain is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Fountain is located 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Colorado Springs and just east of Fort Carson. Fountain and the Colorado Springs suburbs Security and Widefield make up the "Fountain Valley" community. [8]
The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Security-Widefield CDP was 38,639 at the United States Census 2020. [3] El Paso County governs the unincorporated communities.
The Widefield School District 3 is a public school district serving parts of western El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It primarily serves Security-Widefield, but it also serves southeastern Colorado Springs, which is where the district office is located.
Colorado Springs is 70 miles south of Denver, which has the largest population of any city in Colorado. Colorado Springs has the largest area of any city in the state, with 194.87 square miles (504.7 km 2) in 2013. [6] Of that, 132 square miles (340 km 2) is developed land. [1]: 32 It has 16,331 parkland acres and 7,431 street land miles. [6]
The City of Colorado Springs has community, regional and neighborhood parks. [3] Neighborhood parks are up to 6 acres (2.4 ha) in size and may offer a combination of playgrounds, picnic areas, walking paths, and sports fields or courts. [3] There are 135 neighborhood parks, totaling 903.9 acres (365.8 ha) as of May, 2013. [4]
1936 - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center built. [5] 1937 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo begins. Colorado Springs Museum established. [19] 1938 - Broadmoor Ice Palace (skating rink) opens. 1940 - Population: 33,237. [9] 1941 - U.S. military Camp Carson established. [3] 1946 - Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph newspaper in publication. [2]
Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center is a regional park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that has trails for hiking, horseback riding, running and cycling. Within the park is a nature center and the El Paso Park Headquarters. There are tennis courts, soccer fields, basketball courts, an archery range, and other sports fields and courts.
Located in 2,715-acre Barr Lake State Park, this is the only true Nature Center in the Colorado state parks system. Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center: Colorado Springs: El Paso: South-Central Colorado: Operated by the County in Bear Creek Regional Park, 2 miles of trails Bluff Lake Nature Center: Denver: Denver: Denver area