Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods is a 1,341.3-acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. 862 acres of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Garden of the Gods Trading Post and Manitou Cliff Dwellings.
Garden of the Gods Trading Post
Gift shop
The Garden of the Gods Trading Post is a historic site in Manitou Springs, Colorado. It is adjacent to the Colorado Springs public park Garden of the Gods.
Manitou Cliff Dwellings
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The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are a privately owned tourist attraction consisting of fake Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and interpretive exhibits located just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on U.S. Highway 24 in Manitou Springs.
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
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Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through 1910.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manitou Springs and Old Colorado City.
Manitou Springs
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Manitou Springs is a small resort town just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded as a tourist destination and also became known for its mineral springs.
Old Colorado City
Suburb
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Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, is a former town and a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Old Colorado City is situated 2 miles southeast of Garden of the Gods.
Roswell
Suburb
Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. Roswell is situated 3½ miles east of Garden of the Gods.
Garden of the Gods
- Type: Locality
- Description: protected area in Colorado, US
- Category: protected area
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86777° or 38° 52′ 4″ northLongitude
-104.89109° or 104° 53′ 28″ westElevation
6,280 feet (1,914 metres)Open location code
85CQV495+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 358944235OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Garden of the Gods” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Garden of the Gods”
- Cebuano: “Garden of the Gods”
- Chinese: “眾神花園”
- Chinese: “神之花園”
- Czech: “Zahrada bohů”
- Dutch: “Tuin der goden (Colorado)”
- Dutch: “Tuin der goden”
- Esperanto: “Ĝardeno de Dioj”
- French: “Garden of the Gods”
- French: “Jardin des Dieux”
- German: “Garden of the Gods”
- German: “Garten der Götter”
- German: “Göttergarten”
- Japanese: “神々の庭”
- Japanese: “神々の庭園”
- Malayalam: “ഗാർഡൻ ഓഫ് ദ ഗോഡ്സ്”
- Persian: “باغ خدایان”
- Persian: “بوستان خدایان”
- Portuguese: “Garden of the Gods”
- Russian: “Сад богов”
- Spanish: “Jardin de los Dioses”
- Spanish: “Jardín de los Dioses”
- Swedish: “Garden of the Gods”
- Ukrainian: “Сад богів”
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