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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is an adventure park, located above Glenwood Springs, Colorado, about 160 mi (260 km) west of Denver. Prior to 2003, only cave tours were available, until the park was expanded. The park is unique because it sits at an altitude of 7,100 ft (2,200 m) on a mountain above Glenwood Springs.
Glenwood Springs is the principal city of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census [37] of 2000, there were 7,736 people, 3,216 households, and 1,926 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,611 inhabitants per square mile (622/km 2).
Lightning. The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that took the lives of 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. It is often also referred to as the "Storm King" fire. It was the subject of John Maclean 's book Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire.
By comparison, the Colorado River drops an average of 7.5 feet per mile (1.42 m/km) through the Grand Canyon. The greatest descent of the Gunnison River occurs within the park at Chasm View dropping 240 feet per mile (45 m/km). [4] The Black Canyon is so named because its steepness makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate into its depths.
Blue Mesa Reservoir from the air. Created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam in 1966, Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water. Fed by the Lake Fork Arm of the Gunnison River, Soap Creek, and Cebolla Creek, the long, broad lake is 20 miles (32 km) long, has 96 miles (154 km) of shoreline, and is the largest Lake Trout and Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.
Course of the Colorado River. Map showing the Colorado River basin. The Colorado River is a major river of the western United States and northwest Mexico in North America. Its headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains where La Poudre Pass Lake is its source. Located in north central Colorado it flows southwest through the Colorado Plateau country ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The James M. Robb – Colorado River State Park is a Colorado State Park along the Colorado River in Mesa County near Grand Junction, Colorado. The 890-acre (3.6 km 2) park established in 1994 has five distinct sections providing access to the river. The Island Acres segment has campsites and a swim beach.
The City of Colorado Springs has community, regional and neighborhood parks. Neighborhood parks are up to six acres in size and may offer a combination of playgrounds, picnic areas, walking paths, and sports fields or courts. There are 135 neighborhood parks, totaling 903.9 acres as of May, 2013.