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University of Colorado Colorado Springs (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Colorado Springs, Colorado" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a zoological park located southwest of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Cheyenne Mountain in the United States. At an elevation of 6,714 feet (2,046 m) above sea level, it is the highest zoo in the country. The zoo covers 140 acres (57 ha), 40 of which are in use.
The Colorado state wildlife areas are managed for hunting, fishing, observation, management, and preservation of wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife division of the U.S. State of Colorado manages more than 300 state wildlife areas with a total area of more than 860 square miles (2,230 km 2 ) in the state.
There is a picnic area with grills and playground in the 5.1-acre (2.1 ha) park. Fred McKown 5155 Balsam Street 80918 Neighborhood Nearly 10 acres (4.0 ha), the park includes a backstop, multi-purpose field for baseball and soccer, and basketball court. The picnic area has grills and there is a playground. Meadowlark 2709 Dickens Drive 80916
South-Central Colorado is a region of the U.S. state of Colorado. [1] It can be roughly defined by Chaffee County in the northwest, El Paso County in the northeast, Las Animas County in the southeast, and Conejos County in the southwest. [ 2 ]
The Ancestral Puebloans lived and travelled the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Ancestral Puebloan peoples did not permanently live in the Manitou Springs area, but lived and built their cliff dwellings in the Four Corners area and across the Northern Rio Grande, several hundred miles southwest of Manitou Springs.
Pike National Forest is the western portion of Cheyenne Mountain and much of the rest of the Pikes Peak mountainous area. 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]
The first two designations, Slumgullion Earthflow and Summit Lake, were made in 1965, while the most recent designation, Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs, was made in 2023. [1] [2] Natural Landmarks in Colorado range from 60 to 380,000 acres (24.3 to 153,780.5 ha; 0.1 to 593.8 sq mi) in size. Owners include private individuals and ...