Mountain Shadows Park
Mountain Shadows Park is a park in El Paso, Colorado which is located on Flying W Ranch Road. Mountain Shadows Park is situated nearby to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as near the hamlet Pikeview.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glen Eyrie and Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
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 1¼ miles southwest of Mountain Shadows Park.
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
Photo: ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is situated 2½ miles south of Mountain Shadows Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pikeview and Garden of the Gods.
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 2½ miles east of Mountain Shadows Park.
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. Garden of the Gods is situated 3 miles south of Mountain Shadows Park.
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 southeast of Mountain Shadows Park.
Mountain Shadows Park
- Type: Park
- Address: 5151 Flying W Ranch Road, CO
- Category: recreation area
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90841° or 38° 54′ 30″ northLongitude
-104.87258° or 104° 52′ 21″ westOpen location code
85CQW45G+9XOpenStreetMap ID
way 169537876OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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