Popes Bluffs
Popes Bluffs is a ridge in El Paso, Colorado and has an elevation of 6,594 feet. Popes Bluffs is situated nearby to the hamlet Pikeview, as well as near the locality Glen Eyrie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glen Eyrie and CIVA Charter High School.
Glen Eyrie
Castle
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0.
Glen Eyrie is an English Tudor-style castle built in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. The castle is owned today by The Navigators, a worldwide Christian organization. Glen Eyrie is situated 2 miles southwest of Popes Bluffs.
CIVA Charter High School
School
CIVA Charter High School, whose acronym stands for Character, Integrity, Vision, and the Arts, is a public charter school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is authorized by Colorado Springs District 11. CIVA Charter High School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Popes Bluffs.
Colorado Springs Christian Schools
School
Colorado Springs Christian Schools is a private pre-k through 12th grade Christian school system in the cities of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Woodland Park, Colorado. Colorado Springs Christian Schools is situated 2½ miles east of Popes Bluffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pikeview and Roswell.
Pikeview
Hamlet
Pikeview is a neighborhood of Colorado Springs, annexed to the city as the "Pike View Addition" on August 1, 1962. In 1896 there was a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Pikeview, and miners had begun digging a shaft for the Pikeview Coal Mine. Pikeview is situated 1½ miles east of Popes Bluffs.
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 3 miles southeast of Popes Bluffs.
Cragmor
Neighborhood
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Cragmor, first known as Cragmoor, is an area in northeastern Colorado Springs, Colorado, between Templeton Gap and Austin Bluffs. A coal mining site during the 19th century, the area became known as the Cragmor around the turn of the century because the Cragmor Sanitorium was located there. Cragmor is situated 3 miles southeast of Popes Bluffs.
Popes Bluffs
- Type: Ridge with an elevation of 6,594 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90888° or 38° 54′ 32″ northLongitude
-104.85331° or 104° 51′ 12″ westElevation
6,594 feet (2,010 metres)Open location code
85CQW45W+HMGeoNames ID
5435095
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