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Colorado Springs & Pike's Peak from Satellite - Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs & Pike's Peak from Satellite

Snow-capped Pike’s Peak towers over Colorado Springs in this Landsat scene. At 14,110 feet above sea level, Pike’s Peak is the 31st highest peak in Colorado. Nestled in Colorado’s Front Range, it is the farthest east of the large Rocky Mountain peaks. Today the mountain bears the name of military explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who viewed the mountain from a hundred miles away while exploring the far-flung, southwestern corners of the land that the United States obtained in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

For many years after the mountain acquired its English name, the region remained unsettled, but the discovery of gold in the late 1850s brought a rush of fortune seekers, and gave rise to the famous phrase “Pike’s Peak, or Bust!” In the 1870s, General William Palmer began building up the city of Colorado Springs in the valley below Pike’s Peak, and today, the city is Colorado’s second largest, with a population of nearly 900,000 in the city and surrounding metro area.

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Climbing with the Gods - Colorado Springs Climbing with the Gods Warnings and Dangers (1)

Climbing in the Garden of the Gods could be a great experience... but be very careful. The rocks here are not so good...... more travel advice

Pikes Peak - Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Things to Do (4)

Over the town there is one of the most visited mountain in the world, Pikes Peak. There are 3 ways to reach the top, at... more travel advice

Hanging Rock - Colorado Springs Hanging Rock Things to Do (4)

On a trail inside Garden of the Gods you can see this particular rock formation, that seems to be pretty unstable and... more travel advice

Kissing Camels - Colorado Springs Kissing Camels Things to Do (4)

In the Garden of the Gods there are severa strange rock formation. Let your fantasy decide what every rock remind you.... more travel advice

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