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The Best Attractions In Colorado Springs

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Pikes Peak Alpine School - Day Tours

America the Beautiful Park

Ghost Town Museum

Lester L. Williams Fire Museum

ProRodeo Hall of Fame

Planet Deadline

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site

HellScream Haunted House - Escape From Hellscream

Cheyenne Canon Segways

Olympic Training Center

Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Challenge Unlimited

Great Storm Brewing

Cheyenne Mountain

Criterium Bicycles

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a campus of the University of Colorado system, the state university system of Colorado. As of Fall 2017, UCCS has over 12,400 undergraduate and 1,822 graduate students, with 32% ethnic minority students. For public universities in the Master's Universities-West category it was ranked 6th. It has been ranked in the top ten on that list each year since 2002. For the 2015 rankings released by U.S. News, UCCS was tied 51st overall in the west for all private and public schools. Among public, private and for-profit universities, the UCCS undergraduate engineering program ranked 14th in the nation.
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The Best Attractions In Colorado Springs

1. Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs
Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.
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2. Pikes Peak Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,115-foot fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12 miles west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.
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3. National Museum of World War II Aviation Colorado Springs
Leadville is the statutory city that is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 2,602 at the 2010 United States Census. Situated at an elevation of 10,152 feet , Leadville is the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States. A former silver mining town that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the Leadville Historic District contains many historic structures and sites from its dynamic mining era. In the late 19th century, Leadville was the second most populous city in Colorado, after Denver.
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4. Battlefield Colorado Colorado Springs
The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states , the District of Columbia, as well as the following territories: Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, Dakota Territory, Indian Territory , New Mexico Territory, and Washington Territory, and naval engagements. These battles would change the standing and historical memory of the United States. While the origins of the war are complex, principal among them were the issue of slavery, and the interpretations of the Constitution and the rules, rights, and qualifications that it embodied. For lists of battles organized by campaign and theater, see: Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War Paci...
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5. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Colorado Springs
Cheyenne Mountain is a triple-peaked mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, southwest of downtown Colorado Springs. The mountain serves as a host for military, communications, recreational, and residential functions. The underground operations center for the North American Aerospace Defense Command was built during the Cold War to monitor North American airspace for missile launches and Soviet military aircraft. Built deep within granite, it was designed to withstand bombing and fallout from a nuclear bomb. Its function broadened with the end of the Cold War, and then many of its functions were transferred to Peterson Air Force Base in 2006. Homesteading on the mountain began in 1867 and the mountain was the site of resorts and retreats beginning in the 1880s. Spencer Penrose, who built The...
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6. Old Colorado City Historic District Colorado Springs
Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, was once a town, but it is now a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859 and was involved in the mining industry, both as a supply hub and as a gold ore processing center beginning in the 1890s. Residents of Colorado City worked at some of the 50 coal mines of the Colorado Springs area. It was briefly the capital of the Colorado Territory. For many years, Colorado Springs prohibited the use of alcohol within its border due to the lifestyle of Colorado City's opium dens, bordellos, and saloons. It is now a tourist area, with boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants.
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7. Penrose Heritage Museum Colorado Springs
8. United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs
The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, completed in 1962, is the distinguishing feature of the Cadet Area at the United States Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs. It was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was accomplished by Robert E. McKee, Inc., of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally controversial in its design, the Cadet Chapel has become a classic and highly regarded example of modernist architecture. The Cadet Chapel was awarded the American Institute of Architects' National Twenty-five Year Award in 1996 and, as part of the Cadet Area, was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2004.
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9. Helen Hunt Falls Colorado Springs
Helen Hunt Falls is a waterfall located on Cheyenne Creek in the North Cheyenne Cañon Park of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The falls are named in honor of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson , 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. The falls are located on North Cheyenne Creek immediately off of North Cheyenne Canyon Road in the North Cheyenne Canyon Park. There is parking for about 30 vehicles at the falls and it becomes crowded early during summer months when visits to the canyon are popular among locals and tourists. The Columbine Trail, which starts at the entrance of the Park by the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center,...
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10. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site Colorado Springs
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site or the Chambers Ranch is a living history museum and farm located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Restored buildings and period-appropriate attired museum guides depict life in the Pikes Peak region in four time periods and in four different households: American Indian life in 1775; an 1860s cabin ; an 1880s farm ; and a 1907 Edwardian Country Estate. Each residence reflects the construction and contents of homes of those periods. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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11. Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs
The United States Olympic Training Centers are three campuses created by the United States Olympic Committee as training facilities for its Olympic and Paralympic athletes. They are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lake Placid, New York; and Chula Vista, California. There is a U.S. Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Michigan, and other official U.S. Olympic/Paralympic training sites are located in Oklahoma City and Edmond, Oklahoma; Carson, California; Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama; Charlotte, North Carolina; the Pettit National Ice Center in West Allis, Wisconsin; a USRowing training center in Princeton, New Jersey; Huntsville, Texas and the SPIRE Institute near Geneva, Ohio.Some athletes preparing for the Olympics, Paralympics, and Pan American Games live at one o...
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12. Western Museum of Mining and Industry Colorado Springs
The Western Museum of Mining & Industry is a museum at 225 North Gate Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, dedicated to the mining history and industrial technology of the western United States. The museum was founded in 1970, and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1979. It is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays. The museum building houses antique mining equipment and steam engines. Some of the pneumatic machines are connected to compressed air so that they can be viewed in actual operation. The museum also includes a recreation of an old assay office and scale models of mines and mills. Outdoor exhibits include live burros, a steam shovel, and an operating stamp mill for gold ore.The museum maintains a research library on mining topics, available by...
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13. Adventure Miniature Golf & Batting Cages Colorado Springs
14. Fox Run Regional Park Colorado Springs
Fox Major League Baseball is a presentation of Major League Baseball games produced by Fox Sports, the sports division of the Fox Broadcasting Company , since June 1, 1996. The broadcaster has aired the World Series in 1996, 1998 and every edition since 2000, and the All-Star Game in 1997, 1999, and every year since 2001. It has also aired the National League Championship Series and American League Championship Series on alternate years from 1996 to 2000, both from 2001 to 2006, and again on alternate years since 2007, with the NLCS on even years and the ALCS on odd years. Under its current contract with the league, Fox Sports will continue to carry MLB telecasts through at least the 2021 season, with national broadcasts on Fox and cable sports network Fox Sports 1.
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15. CityRock Climbing Center Colorado Springs
Burning Man is an annual event in the western United States at Black Rock City – a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada, approximately 100 miles north-northeast of Reno. The late summer event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by ten main principles: radical inclusion, self-reliance, and self-expression, as well as community cooperation, civic responsibility, gifting, decommodification, participation, immediacy and leave no trace. The event takes its name from its culmination, the symbolic ritual burning of a large wooden effigy that traditionally occurs on the Saturday evening of the event.First held 32 years ago in 1986 on Baker Beach in San Francisco as a small function organized by Larry Harvey and Jerry James who built the f...
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10 Best Places to Visit in Colorado.
Split down the middle by the vast Rocky Mountains and jam-packed with national parks and wilderness areas, Colorado is an ideal travel destination for outdoor pursuits in every season. From skiing and whitewater rafting to hiking, biking and camping, outdoor activities are a way of life in the Centennial State. The state’s fun-loving culture attracts visitors looking for a laidback vacation too. After all, Colorado produces more beer than any other state and is one of only two states in the Union that has legalized marijuana for recreational use. Rich in historical and cultural attractions as well as in natural beauty, the best places to visit in Colorado have something special to offer every visitor.
10. Breckenridge
9. Black Canyon of the Gunnison
8. Vail
7. Great Sand Dunes National Park
6. Boulder
5. Aspen
4. Colorado Springs
3. Denver
2. Mesa Verde
1. Rocky Mountain National Park
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The 10 Best Places To Live In Colorado

The 10 Best Places To Live In Colorado For 2018.
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Colorado, a western U.S. state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park.
Colorado is known all over the country as one of the most active, happy, safe, outdoorsy, and all around naturally beautiful states in the U.S.
A brilliant landscape of mountains, high plains, canyons, rivers, forests and desert lands make Colorado one of the most desirable states to live and visit.
Perched a mile above sea level, Denver, Colorado’s capital and largest city, features a vibrant downtown area.
The Rocky Mountains cut a dramatic trail through the state’s center, there are rivers and lakes so blue they make the sky look washed out, and once you visit some of those unique Colorado cities, you may well just move there.
Colorado's southwest corner borders Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, the only place in America where the corners of four states meet.
The best places to live in Colorado include Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Denver,...
Universities like Colorado, Colorado State and the U.S. Air Force Academy grace the education scene, while pro sports teams include the Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and Avalanche.
Which Colorado places ranked the best? Here are the 10 best places to live in Colorado for 2018:
1. Boulder.
2. Durango.
3. Louisville
4. Lone Tree
5. Fort Collins
6. Grand Junction.
7. Parker
8. Lakewood
9. Colorado Springs.
10. Denver.

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Top 10 best towns in Colorado. These are the best places to live.

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10 Best Tourist Attractions in Colorado

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10 Best Places to Visit in Colorado

Colorado is known for its gorgeous mountain towns, great skiing and beautiful national parks. From Denver and Colorado Springs to Boulder and Aspen, the top places to visit in Colorado offer this and more.

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Top 10. Best Museums in Colorado - United States: Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver Art Museum, Museum of the Mountain West, Colorado Model Railroad Museum, The Anasazi Heritage Center, Gateway Colorado Automobile Museum, National Museum of World War II Aviation, Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, Penrose Heritage Museum

10 Best Places to Visit in Colorado

10 Best Places to Visit in Colorado: Aspen, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Boulder, Breckenridge, Colorado Springs, Denver, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain National Park, Vailу

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Colorado is one of the best states for anyone to look at if they plan on moving. Great outdoors, amazing air quality and even better people. For decades Colorado has been one of the most moved to states. If you're thinking about it I hope this video helps. Enjoy.

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