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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 provided from the Norris Penrose Event Center.
Silver Cascade Falls is a waterfall located on St. Mary's Creek in the North Cheyenne Cañon Park of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The falls have an interesting spout feature about 50 feet (15 m) below the crest due to an upturn in the rock face. During high flow times, the spout can shoot water over 10 feet (3 m) off the rock face.
South Cheyenne Cañon, or South Cheyenne Canyon, is a canyon in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. [1] The South Cheyenne Cañon road to Seven Falls is called "The Grandest Mile of Scenery" in Colorado. [2] Seven Falls has been a tourist attraction since it was opened in the early 1880s. Trails from the top of the falls lead to ...
North Dakota has only one official natural waterfall, Mineral Springs Falls in the Sheyenne State Forest. The trail to the falls is about 4.4 miles round-trip, and there are two simple campsites ...
Image credits: Mpmajewski #2 Marble Caves, Chile. Stunning series of caverns carved into solid marble by water over thousands of years. Located on Lake General Carrera, the caves are renowned for ...
The entrance to North Cheyenne Cañon is about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of downtown Colorado Springs, where Cheyenne Cañon, along Cheyenne Boulevard, splits into the north and south cañons. [3] Pierre Shale, the bedrock for Colorado Springs, and Sawatch Sandstone are found at the mouth of North and South Cheyenne Cañons. [4]
Name Watercourse County Coordinates Elev. (ft) Location Adams Falls [1]: East Inlet: Grand: 8471: Rocky Mountain National Park: Agnes Vaille Falls [2]: Chaffee: 9278: San Isabel National Forest
The falls are named in honor of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885), a United States poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. She died in San Francisco, California in 1885 and was later buried in Colorado Springs.