Colorado Captivating Facts

Did you know…?

• Colorado is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America
• Colorado is the only state to turn down hosting the Olympics
• The 13th step at the State Capitol Building is exactly 1 mile above sea level
• The Eisenhower Tunnel is one of the highest altitude tunnels in the world
• Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in the US
• Pikes Peak Cog Railway is the highest railway in North America
• Colorado has the world’s largest flat top mountain, Grand Mesa
• The highest paved road in North America is Mount Evans Scenic Byway
• The Royal Gorge Bridge is the highest suspension bridge in the world
• Colorado’s southwest corner, aka the four corners, boarders Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah – it’s the only place in America where the corners of four states meet.
• The United States has a total of 91 “fourteeners” (mountain peaks over 14,000 feet). Fifty-six of them are in Colorado.
• It was on top of Pikes Peak (another Colorado 14er) in 1893 that Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to “America the Beautiful”.
• Colorado Springs is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy
• Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the United States with an altitude over 10,000 feet.
• The world’s largest natural hot springs pool is located in Glenwood Springs, running two city blocks long.
• Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the U.S. at 10,430 feet above sea level.