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2003. Governing body. City of Colorado Springs. Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a 1,474-acre (2.3 sq mi; 6.0 km 2) city park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is situated on the west side of the city, adjacent to Manitou Springs and south of U.S. Route 24. The park consists of a series of parallel ridges (called "hogbacks") and eroded canyons.
Coordinates: 38°47′23″N 104°51′56″W. Seven Falls in South Cheyenne Cañon, 1898-1905. 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 ...
State Highway 21 (SH 21), also known as Powers Boulevard, is an expressway in El Paso County, in eastern Colorado Springs. SH 21 currently extends from SH 16 (Mesa Ridge Parkway) in Fountain at its southern end to Interquest Parkway/ SH 83 in the north side of Colorado Springs. Extensions to I-25 near North Gate Boulevard are in progress, and ...
Gold Camp Road follows the former railroad from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek called the "Short Line". In the 1920s the railroad was converted to a car toll road, eventually becoming a free public road. In 1988, tunnel #3 collapsed and was never repaired.
Coordinates: 38°49′26.79″N 104°53′8.98″W. Bear Creek Cañon Park - View of rock formation in the park, May's Peak in the background. Bear Creek Cañon Park is a high-country park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado with steep trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. A trail in the western edge of the Bear Creek ...
Colorado National Monument is a National Park Service unit near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Sheer-walled canyons cut deep into sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations. This is an area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinyon and juniper forests on the plateau. The park hosts a wide range of wildlife ...
Most of the newly discovered carvings date to between the 12th and 13th centuries, archaeologists said. They portray different things, but many include “complicated geometric shapes.”
Overview. North Cheyenne Cañon Park is located at 2110 N. Cheyenne Cañon Road. The 1,276.9 park includes Helen Hunt Falls, Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center, Silver Cascade Falls and the White Fir Botanical Reserve. [7] There are 56 miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking and a scenic drive.