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The movie Canon City (1948) depicts the real-life 1947 escape of 12 prisoners from nearby Colorado State Penitentiary. [36] A diner in Cañon City is the setting of the song "Navajo Rug", which was named by the Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. [37]
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The drive sits on the top of Skyline Ridge, a hogback composed of upturned Dakota sandstone.Outcrops of the Morrison and the Fountain formations can also be seen. Along the drive is the "Dinosaur trackway," a fenced-off area along the road adjacent to some exposed strata, which showcases the fossilized footprints of ankylosaurs walking towards the west.
The Cloudscraper Zip Line — the highest in North America — opened on March 28, 2015. [14] [30] The damaged Incline Railway and the Silver Rock Railway are not listed among current rides and attractions. [29] In January 2016, the Royal Gorge Company of Colorado paid the city a record high $2.1 million lease payment.
The Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway is a National Scenic Byway, a Back Country Byway, and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Fremont and Teller counties, Colorado, USA. The byway is named for the Gold Belt mining region. The Cripple Creek Historic District is a National Historic Landmark.
Lincoln Park is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Lincoln Park CDP was 3,934 at the United States Census 2020. [3] The Cañon City post office (Zip Code 81212) serves the area. [4]
The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado.The canyon begins at the mouth of Grape Creek, about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of central Cañon City, and continues in a west-northwesterly direction for approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) until ending near U.S. Route 50.
Coaldale is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office located in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Coaldale post office has the ZIP Code 81222. [4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Coaldale CDP was 343. [3]