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This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its ...
The Greenhorn Valley lies in southern Pueblo County, Colorado just east of Greenhorn Mountain. It includes the communities of Colorado City and Rye. [3] Colorado State Highway 165, part of the Frontier Pathways Scenic Byway, goes through the valley and serves as its main street. Interstate 25 marks the eastern end of the valley.
Silverton sits in a flat area of the Animas River valley and is surrounded by several thirteeners, the highest being Storm Peak, at 13,487 feet. The town is less than 15 miles from seven of Colorado's 53 " fourteeners ", i.e. , mountain peaks with a summit elevation of at least 14,000 feet (4,300 meters).
The lake became a component in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT) in 1937, when it was recruited as a conduit for C-BT project water. The C-BT project diverts water from the Colorado River Basin east via the Alva B. Adams Tunnel under the Continental Divide and Rocky Mountain National Park to the Big Thompson River watershed, thence the ...
Granby sits at 7,935 feet (2,419 m) above sea level in the valley of the Fraser River, 2 miles (3 km) east of its mouth at the Colorado River. It is located in eastern Grand County in an area subject to average annual rainfall of 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches and annual snowfall of more than 128 inches (3,300 mm).
Surrounding the city limits is the Colorado River, the Colorado National Monument and the Book Cliffs range which extends west into the state of Utah north of Interstate 70. At the 2020 United States census, the city had a total area of 5,237 acres (21.193 km 2) including 186 acres (0.754 km 2) of water. [3]
Dec. 14—Lance Beck, President and CEO of the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce has been recognized by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, a national non-profit. Beck was ...
Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. [2] Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the numerous events the city hosts annually, such as the Vail Film Festival, Vail Resorts Snow Days, and Bravo!