Colorado Springs, Colorado
…Fountain Creek, 70 miles (113 km) south of Denver. At 6,035 feet (1,839 m), the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. It is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises 14,115 feet (4,302.31 m) above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne peoples were…