Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, the Rockies for short, divide the western United States from the Great Plains. The Rocky Mountain states contain many of the country's greatest national parks, Indigenous American communities, and a vivant Old West heritage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Denver and Colorado.
Denver
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Denver is the capital of the western U.S. state of Colorado and the dominant city of the Rocky Mountain Region. Founded in 1858 as the placer gold mining camp known as the Cherry Creek Diggings, the "Mile-High City" is today the most populous city within a 560-mile radius and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor of more than five million residents.
Colorado
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Colorado is a state of wild contrasts. From the flat plains of the eastern portion of the state to some of the Rocky Mountains' highest peaks to the high desert and red rock country of the western reaches of the state, the landscape is incredibly varied, home…
Boise
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Boise is the capital and largest city of Idaho. Boise offers numerous recreational opportunities, including extensive hiking and biking in the foothills to the immediate north of downtown.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Montana and Idaho.
Montana
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Montana is a state in the northwestern United States, in the Rocky Mountains region. Known as Big Sky Country, Montana is a state of contrasts, from the eastern plains to the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains in the West. Helena is the state capital of Montana, Billings is the largest city, and Missoula is the second largest city.
Idaho
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Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States. Idaho is known for its wilderness; there are snow-capped mountains that reach 10,000 ft to 12,500 ft above sea level.
Wyoming
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Wyoming is a state in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Known as the "Equality State" or the "Cowboy State", it is the country's least populous state, with the second-lowest population density after Alaska.
Rocky Mountains
- Type: Region with 20,100,000 residents
- Description: region of the United States
- Also known as: “Interior West”, “Mountain states”, “Mountain States”, “Mountain West”, and “Rocky Mountain States”
- Category: U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rocky Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم الجبال”
- Armenian: “Լեռնային նահանգներ”
- Belarusian: “Горныя штаты”
- Catalan: “estats muntanyosos”
- Chinese: “美国山区”
- Chinese: “美國山區”
- Chinese: “美國山地地區”
- Czech: “Horské státy”
- Czech: “Mountain States”
- Dutch: “Mountain States”
- Dutch: “Rocky Mountains”
- Esperanto: “Montoplenaj Ŝtatoj”
- French: “États des montagnes”
- French: “Rocheuses américaines”
- German: “Mountain States”
- German: “Mountain West”
- German: “Rocky Mountains”
- Greek: “Βραχώδη Όρη”
- Hebrew: “מדינות הרי הרוקי”
- Italian: “Stati delle Montagne Rocciose”
- Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国山岳部”
- Japanese: “ロッキー山脈”
- Japanese: “山岳州”
- Korean: “산악주”
- Portuguese: “Estados Montanhosos”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Rochosas”
- Portuguese: “Mountain States”
- Russian: “Горные штаты”
- Russian: “Скалистые Горы”
- Rusyn: “Горскы штаты”
- Sardinian: “Regione de is Montes Rocosos”
- Slovak: “Mountain states”
- Slovenian: “gorske zvezne države”
- Spanish: “Estados montañosos”
- Spanish: “Montañas Rocosas”
- Swedish: “Bergsdelstaterna”
- Ukrainian: “Гірські штати”
- Urdu: “پہاڑی ریاستیں”
- Venetian: “Stati de łe Montagne Rocioze”
- Vietnamese: “Các tiểu bang miền Núi”
- Western Panjabi: “پہاڑی ریاستاں”
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