The Homestead

The Homestead is a picnic site in El Paso, Colorado. The Homestead is situated near the grassland The Round Pin, as well as near John Venezia Community Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Häagen-Dazs and Rampart High School.

Häagen-Dazs

Ice cream parlor

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Häagen-Dazs is an American ice cream brand, established by Polish-Americans Reuben and Rose Mattus in The Bronx in 1960, owned by General Mills and licensed royalty-free and exclusively to Froneri, a joint venture between Nestlé and PAI Partners, in the United States and Canada. Häagen-Dazs is situated 1½ miles west of The Homestead.

Rampart High School

School

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Rampart High School is a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Established in 1983, it is Academy School District 20's second high school. Rampart High School is situated 1 mile southwest of The Homestead.

Pine Creek High School

School

Pine Creek High School is a public high school in Academy School District 20 that serves the Pine Creek, Gleneagle, Black Forest, Northgate, Cordera, and Flying Horse Ranch neighborhoods of north Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school opened in 1998. Pine Creek High School is situated 1½ miles north of The Homestead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pikeview and Black Forest.

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 4½ miles southwest of The Homestead.

Black Forest

Town

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.

Black Forest is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Black Forest is situated 5 miles northeast of The Homestead.

United States Air Force Academy

Locality

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The United States Air Force Academy is a United States service academy in Air Force Academy, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. United States Air Force Academy is situated 5 miles west of The Homestead.

The Homestead

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.96521° or 38° 57′ 55″ north

Longitude

-104.76371° or 104° 45′ 49″ west

Open location code

85CQX68P+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 482357571

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Round Pin and John Venezia Community Park.

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