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[5] [3]: 8:7fc Views of the Rampart Range, Colorado Springs, and the plains can be seen from the site on a promontory on the mountain, which is accessed via the Cheyenne Mountain Highway. [6] [3]: 7:1 The road to the shrine is restricted at the toll gate to individuals who have purchased Cheyenne Mountain Zoo tickets. [5] [4]: 123
In 1926, the Cheyenne Mountain Lodge opened at the top of Cheyenne Mountain. It had a restaurant, a suite for Penrose on the third floor, four guest rooms, and living quarters for servants. [26] Visitors could make the trip up the Cheyenne Mountain Highway on the backs of elephants. [3] The lodge closed in 1961.
The main resort complex, situated at the base of Cheyenne Mountain, [6] is 6,230 feet (1,900 m) above sea level, [7] and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of downtown Colorado Springs. [8] The resort has hotel, conference, sports, and spa buildings that radiate out from Cheyenne Lake.
The Cheyenne Mountain Highway, also called Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, [1]: 1, 7:1 is a road in Colorado Springs, Colorado [2] that begins at the intersection of Penrose Boulevard, Old Stage Road, and West Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard. [3] [a] It is a paved road to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. Thereafter, it ...
Dec. 14—CHEYENNE — Gary Shaklee has worked as an undercover detective, for the SWAT team and as an instructor for a defensive tactics team. Now, he runs a restaurant. Clean Eatz is a little ...
The Antlers is a Wyndham Hotel located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It opened in 1967 and is the third hotel of that name on the same site. The first Antlers Hotel was built in 1883 and burned down in 1898. The second Antlers Hotel, completed in 1901, was torn down in 1964 to make way for the current Antlers.
The 2,701-acre (10.93 km 2) park lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado in a stunning transition from plains to peaks. The land is in remarkable natural condition, and wildlife is abundant as well as diverse due to the property's relatively undisturbed and unfragmented nature.
The Cheyenne Mountain Country Club Association was founded on February 19, 1891. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The founders were successful men or came from wealthy families, many of whom came to Colorado for the climate and high altitude as a means to improve their health.