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Colorado Springs is located in the Pikes Peak area in El Paso County, along the Front Range [ 1]: 14 a forty-mile corridor from the city up to Fort Carson. [ 2] At the edge of the southern Rocky Mountains, [ 1]: 31 it is bordered by State, National Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management land. [ 1]: 14 North of the city is the Palmer ...
The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m). The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado ...
It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. [ 8 ][ 11 ] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States. [ 12 ] It is the principal city of the Colorado ...
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.
This is a list of the highest elevation towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. This list includes both incorporated municipalities and census-designated places included in the 2020 United States Census. The highest 82 places on this list are included in the List of cities in the United States by elevation. This list includes 11 places located in ...
The Manitou Springs Incline, also known as the Manitou Incline or simply the Incline, is a popular hiking trail rising above Manitou Springs, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. The Incline ascends on the east slope of Rocky Mountain which is itself on the eastern flank of Pikes Peak.
Berthoud Pass (/ ˈbɜːrθəd / BURTH-əd; elevation 11,307 ft (3,446 m)) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. The pass is located west of Denver, and provides a high route between upper Clear Creek Canyon to the upper valley of the Fraser River in Middle Park to ...
181 feet (55 m) Number of drops. 224. The Broadmoor Seven Falls is a series of seven cascading waterfalls of South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Cañon, Colorado Springs, Colorado. It has been a privately-owned tourist attraction since it was opened in the early 1880s. There is no parking at Seven Falls. Round trip shuttle service is ...