Yucca Flats
Yucca Flats is a parking area in El Paso, Colorado. Yucca Flats is situated nearby to Palmer Park, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Sentinel Point.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palmer Park and Roy J Wasson Academic Campus.
Palmer Park
Park
Palmer Park is a regional park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Located at 3650 Maizeland Road, the park is several miles northeast of the downtown area.
Roy J Wasson Academic Campus
School
Roy J. Wasson High School was the second-oldest high school in District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. When the high school closed at the end of the 2012-2013 school year, it became the 12th school in the district to close since 2009 due to declining enrollment. Roy J Wasson Academic Campus is situated 1½ miles south of Yucca Flats.
Austin Bluffs
Peak
Austin Bluffs is a summit in the Pikeview area of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, at 6,673 feet in elevation. It is also a residential area, that was once a settlement and the site of a tuberculosis sanatorium. Austin Bluffs is situated 2 miles northwest of Yucca Flats.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Papeton and Cragmor.
Papeton
Hamlet
Papeton, was a coal mining town, now in the area of Venetian Village, a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that is 1.4 miles west southwest of Palmer Park. It is located at 6,184 feet in elevation. Papeton is situated 1½ miles west of Yucca Flats.
Cragmor
Neighborhood
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Cragmor, first known as Cragmoor, is an area in northeastern Colorado Springs, Colorado, between Templeton Gap and Austin Bluffs. A coal mining site during the 19th century, the area became known as the Cragmor around the turn of the century because the Cragmor Sanitorium was located there. Cragmor is situated 2 miles west of Yucca Flats.
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 3 miles west of Yucca Flats.
Yucca Flats
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.87988° or 38° 52′ 48″ northLongitude
-104.77227° or 104° 46′ 20″ westOperator
City of Colorado SpringsOpen location code
85CQV6HH+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 305219464OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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