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The Pikes Peak is the only region to house a major Army installation (Fort Carson), three Air Force installations (Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station), and a leading service academy (U.S. Air Force Academy). One in four residents in the Pikes Peak area is a military member or veteran.
The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, particularly in the summer, with many shops and restaurants, as well as a creekside city park. The main road through the center of town was one of the direct paths to the base of Pikes Peak. Barr Trail, which winds its way up Pikes Peak, is accessible from town.
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.
Pikes Peak Composite Peterson SFB: Peterson SFB, Hangar 133 & EAA Chapter 72 (KFLY airport) ColoWingCAP.org. 098 Fremont-Starfire Cadet Canon City: Fremont County Airport ColoWingCAP.org. 159 Air Academy Cadet USAF Academy: USAFA (various locations on site) ColoWingCAP.org. 160 Heart Of The Rockies Composite Alamosa: San Luis Valley Regional ...
Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2] [3] It was founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859 and was involved in the mining industry, both as a supply hub and as a gold ore processing center beginning in the 1890s. Residents of Colorado City worked at some of the 50 coal mines of the ...
The town of Pikeview, which began as a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad station [3] [4] by 1896. [5]: 16 It was named for the scenic view of Pikes Peak 10 miles (16 km) away. [6] The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad station was situated at a confluence on Monument Creek, north of the Roswell junction and south from the 1875 Husted station.
In 1926 the name was changed to the Denver Area Council, and in 2022 the name was changed again to The Greater Colorado Council. The Colorado Springs Council was founded in 1916, and in 1922 changed its name to the El Paso and Teller Counties Council. That council in 1925 changed its name to Pikes Peak Council, which it remains to this day.
Its facilities include an Olympic-size swimming pool, an indoor shooting range, the Olympic Training Center Velodrome, two sports centers housing numerous gymnasiums and weight rooms, and a sports science laboratory, in addition to an athlete center and dining hall, several dormitories, a visitors' center, and the offices of both the USOPC and ...