Templeton Gap
Templeton Gap is a gap between hills and bluffs located in northeastern Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. It was used by Native Americans to reach Ute Pass and was an area that oxen trains traveled to reach Colorado Springs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: gap between hills and bluffs in Colorado
- Also known as: “Templeton Gap Floodway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Austin Bluffs and Colorado Springs Christian Schools.
Austin Bluffs
Peak
Austin Bluffs is a summit in the Pikeview area of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, at 6,673 feet in elevation. It is also a residential area, that was once a settlement and the site of a tuberculosis sanatorium.
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.
Navajo Hogan
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The Navajo Hogan is a historic building and restaurant located on 2817 N. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1990. The building is currently a closed restaurant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cragmor and Papeton.
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.
Papeton
Hamlet
Papeton, was a coal mining town, now in the area of Venetian Village, a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that is 1.4 miles west southwest of Palmer Park. It is located at 6,184 feet in elevation.
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.
Templeton Gap
- Categories: landform and body of water
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Templeton Gap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Templeton Gap Floodway”
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