Manitou Springs
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 4,980 residents
- Description: city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Manitou”, “Manitou Spgs”, “Manitou Springs, CO”, “Manitou Springs, Colorado”, “Manitou, CO”, and “Villa La Font”
- Postal code: 80829
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miramont Castle and Cave of the Winds.
Miramont Castle
Museum
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miramont Castle is a museum located in Manitou Springs, Colorado at the base of the Pike's Peak Cog Railway and infamous Manitou Incline. The Castle was originally built in 1895 as a private home for Father Jean Baptist Francolon, a French-born Catholic priest.
Cave of the Winds
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave of the Winds is a cave in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. It is located just west of Colorado Springs on U.S. Highway 24, near the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. Tours of the complex of caves are given daily.
Manitou Cliff Dwellings
Photo: Obiwan23, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden of the Gods and Minnehaha.
Garden of the Gods
Locality
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Minnehaha
Hamlet
Minnehaha is an unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, and a siding of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. It is named for a character in The Song of Hiawatha. Minnehaha is situated 2½ miles west of Manitou Springs.
Manitou Springs
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: El Paso, South Central Colorado, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.8586° or 38° 51′ 31″ northLongitude
-104.9179° or 104° 55′ 4″ westPopulation
4,980Elevation
6,358 feet (1,938 metres)United Nations Location Code
US MS8Open location code
85CQV35J+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 986159455OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Manitou Springs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مانيتو سبرينغز”
- Basque: “Manitou Springs”
- Bulgarian: “Маниту Спрингс”
- Catalan: “Manitou Springs”
- Cebuano: “Manitou Springs”
- Chechen: “Маниту-Спрингс”
- Chinese: “Manitou Springs”
- Chinese: “科罗拉多温泉”
- Chinese: “科羅拉多溫泉”
- Chinese: “马尼图斯普林斯”
- Danish: “Manitou Springs”
- Dutch: “Manitou Springs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مانيتو سبرينجز”
- French: “Manitou Springs”
- German: “Manitou Springs”
- Gilaki: “مانیتو اسپرینگز (کؤلؤرادؤ)”
- Gilaki: “مانیتو اسپرینگز”
- Haitian: “Manitou Springs, Kolorado”
- Haitian: “Manitou Springs”
- Irish: “Manitou Springs”
- Italian: “Manitou Springs”
- Ladin: “Manitou Springs”
- Lombard: “Manitou Springs”
- Malagasy: “Manitou Springs, Colorado”
- Malagasy: “Manitou Springs”
- Mazanderani: “مانیتوو اسپرینگز”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Manitou Springs”
- Navajo: “Tséyaakin”
- Newari: “म्यानिटो स्प्रिङ्गस्, कोलोर्याडो”
- Newari: “म्यानिटो स्प्रिङ्गस्”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Manitou Springs”
- Norwegian: “Manitou Springs”
- Persian: “مانیتوو اسپرینگز، کلرادو”
- Persian: “مانیتوو اسپرینگز”
- Polish: “Manitou Springs”
- Portuguese: “Manitou Springs”
- Serbian: “Маниту Спрингс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manitou Springs, Colorado”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manitou Springs”
- Spanish: “Manitou Springs (Colorado)”
- Spanish: “Manitou Springs”
- Tatar: “Маниту-Спрингс”
- Ukrainian: “Маніту-Спрінгс”
- Uzbek: “Manitou Springs”
- Volapük: “Manitou Springs”
- Waray (Philippines): “Manitou Springs, Colorado”
- Waray (Philippines): “Manitou Springs”
- Welsh: “Manitou Springs, Colorado”
- Welsh: “Manitou Springs”
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