Parker is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States.As a self-declared "town" under the home rule statutes, Parker is the second most populous town in the county; Castle Rock is the most populous (the community of Highlands Ranch, with a population of over 100,000, is an unincorporated CDP). In recent years, Parker has become a commuter town at …

Gunnison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,918. The county seat is Gunnison. The county was named for John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer and captain in the Army Topographical Engineers, who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.

The geography of the U.S. State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas.Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the United States Congress defined the boundaries of the new Territory of Colorado exclusively by lines of latitude and longitude, stretching from 37°N to 41°N latitude, and from …

Colorado Springs: Geography and Climate; Colorado Springs: Health Care; Colorado Springs: History; Colorado Springs: Municipal Government; ... On 6/24/1979, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.1 miles away from the Colorado Springs city center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages. On 6/13/1977

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS, FAA LID: COS), known as Colorado Springs Airport, is a city-owned public civil-military airport 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of downtown Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the second busiest commercial service airport in the state after Denver International Airport.

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most populous …

Yuma is near the borders of California to the west and Mexico to the south, and just west of the Gila River's confluence with the Colorado.The city is approximately 60 miles (100 km) from the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), a branch of the Pacific.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 106.7 square miles (276 km 2), of which 106.6 square miles …

Gunnison is situated at an altitude of 7,703 feet (2,348 m).. At the 2020 United States Census 2), all of it land. Gunnison is near Blue Mesa Reservoir. Primary access to Gunnison is from Salida to the east via Monarch Pass or from Montrose, Colorado, to the west via Cerro Summit on U.S. Highway 50. U.S. Highway 50 is the main east-west thoroughfare through the town. There are …

—Colorado has the highest average elevation of any U.S. state. Its capital, Denver, is nicknamed the “Mile-High City” because it sits at 5,280 feet above sea level—exactly one mile. —During World War II, a special unit of the army trained in Colorado …

La Junta is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado 68 miles ... Geography and climate. The area is high plains terrain, ...