Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Cheyenne Mountain State Park is a Colorado state park that was acquired in June 2000 through a partnership between the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado State Parks, Great Outdoors Colorado, Colorado Lottery, El Paso County, and other local private organizations.Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include NORAD and Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station.
NORAD
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a bi-national mutual defense organization in Canada and the United States. Established 12 September 1957 as the North American Air Defense Command, NORAD is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, which also serves as the headquarters of United States Northern Command.
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
Peak
Photo: Jimmy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheyenne Mountain, occasionally referred to as Cheyenne Benchmark, is a 9,565 foot high mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, south of downtown Colorado Springs located in the Western North American Great Plains and is part of Pike National Forest.
Cheyenne Mountain State Park
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: State park in El Paso County, Colorado
- Categories: Colorado state park and recreation area
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.7296° or 38° 43′ 47″ northLongitude
-104.8385° or 104° 50′ 19″ westOperator
Colorado Parks and WildlifeOpen location code
85CQP5H6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 219721781OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q5094593
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prairie Falcon Amphitheatre and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station Heliport.
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