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Manitou Springs, Colorado
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The Town of Manitou Springs is located in the foothills of Pikes Peak, on
the Colorado Front Range, at the very bottom of Ute Pass, in El Paso County,
sitting at a elevation of 6,412 feet. The town's population was 4,858 at the 2020 U. S. Census.
Manitou Springs has eight main mineral springs that are accessible and popular for visitors to taste their unique, naturally carbonated waters, including the Shoshone Spring, Cheyenne Spring, Iron Spring Geyser, and Wheeler Spring, each with different mineral compositions and flavors. These cold springs are a historic landmark, attracting people for their purported healing properties since the 1870s.
The springs are considered sacred to Native Americans.
Something locals like to note (I lived here a long time ago, for about 20 years, so I know this), is that Colorado Springs, to the east, got it's name from Manitou's springs, yet Colorado Springs has no real springs at all*! They took their name from the springs in Manitou. *Other than one small spring that is now long gone, buried by a flood in 1935; guess back before then, they could have called it "Colorado Spring".
Something locals like to note (I lived here a long time ago, for about 20 years, so I know this), is that Colorado Springs, to the east, got it's name from Manitou's springs, yet Colorado Springs has no real springs at all*! They took their name from the springs in Manitou. *Other than one small spring that is now long gone, buried by a flood in 1935; guess back before then, they could have called it "Colorado Spring".
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 Hwy 24 above Canon Ave (From CDOT) |
 Hwy 24 - near Cave of the Winds (from CDot) |
Pikes Peak Depot on Canon Ave
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Windy.com)
Next: North of Manitou Sps
Cascade, Co
Cascade is located just above Manitou Springs on Ute Pass and is where the Pikes Peak Highway entrance is located, just off of US highway 24. It's elevation is 7,379 feet.
Hwy 24, Cascade, Co
EB 0.8 miles east of Chipita Park Rd
- Manitou Sps, Co Map -
(to see Cascade, Co on this map, hit the negitive sign (-) 2 times and look northwest on map)
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