Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
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.Photo: ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glen Eyrie and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado High School.
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 1½ miles northwest of Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado High School
School
Coronado High School is a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Colorado Springs School District 11. Coronado High School is located on Mesa Road and Fillmore Street, on a mesa overlooking Colorado Springs, with a view of Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado High School is situated 1 mile east of Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Colorado City Library is a currently operating branch library of the Pikes Peak Library District. It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library that has been in continuous service as a library since opening December 7, 1904. Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie Library is situated 2 miles south of Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden of the Gods and Old Colorado City.
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.
Old Colorado City
Suburb
Photo: ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, is a former town and a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Old Colorado City is situated 2 miles south of Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
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 2½ miles east of Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Living history museum and farm in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Categories: museum, tourism, farm, and historic site
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.8737° or 38° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-104.87223° or 104° 52′ 20″ westOpen location code
85CQV4FH+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 219826718OpenStreetMap feature
historic=farmOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7354551
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