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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. [1]
Mueller State Park is a Colorado state park encompassing 5,112 acres (20.69 km 2) of land outside Divide, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. [2] The park offers many outdoor activities. There are 55 miles (89 km) of trails, biking , camping year-round, hunting , hiking , and horseback riding . [ 3 ]
The facilities include multiple 50-to-200-yard (46-to-183-meter) ranges for firearms and bows and arrows, shooting bays, an action shooting pavilion, 10-to-65-yard (9.1-to-59.4-meter) archery bays, picnic grounds, long-range precision steel targets that go out to 2,000 yards (1,800 meters), and two sporting clay courses.
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.
Hot Sulphur Springs is located in central Grand County, along the Colorado River, just east (upstream) of where the river enters Byers Canyon. U.S. Route 40 passes through the center of town as Byers Avenue; it leads 10 miles (16 km) east to Granby , the largest town in the county, and 17 miles (27 km) west to Kremmling .
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum (sometimes called an open-air museum) and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through 1910. [ 2 ]
Between 1898 and 1913, Colorado and Southern Railway operated on the rails. [15] 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Jimmy Camp was a railway station called Manitou Junction [16] for Denver and New Orleans Railroad [3]: 66 and the Colorado and Southern Railway. [17] From there, passengers could take a 9-mile (14 km) train road to Colorado Springs. [18]
Ivywild was one of five Colorado Springs suburbs annexed into Colorado Springs in 1980. The others were Broadmoor, Skyway, Cheyenne Canon, and Stratton Meadows. The annexation added 6.5 square miles (17 km 2) and 20,000 people to the city's total area and population. The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the annexation in 1982. [32]