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The City of Evans is a home rule municipality located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 22,165 at the 2020 United States Census, a 19.57% increase since the 2010 United States Census. [5] Evans is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor .
Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,271-foot (4,350 m) fourteener is located 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Arapaho National Forest and Pike ...
The Mount Evans Scenic Byway is a 49-mile (79 km) National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The byway ascends to 14,140 feet (4,310 m) of elevation near the 14,271-foot (4,350 m) summit of Mount Blue Sky [a], making it the highest paved road in ...
Mount Evans Wilderness. / 39.58778°N 105.64278°W / 39.58778; -105.64278. The Mount Evans Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in Arapaho National Forest and Pike National Forest about 30 miles (48 km) west of Denver, Colorado. The wilderness area is named after Mount Blue Sky 's former name, Mount Evans [2] [3] [4]
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. State of Colorado. This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks in Colorado. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three ...
Colorado is divided into eight congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . The Territory of Colorado was represented by one non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from its organization on Thursday, February 2, 1861, until statehood on Tuesday, August 1, 1876.
Colorado State Highway 5 ( SH 5) is a 14.89-mile-long (23.96 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado that is the highest paved road in North America with its upper terminus at 14,140 feet (4,310 m) elevation near the summit of Mount Blue Sky and its lower terminus at 10,650 feet (3,246 m) elevation at State Highway 103 near Echo Lake .
Crest House. / 39.58861°N 105.64278°W / 39.58861; -105.64278. The Mount Evans Crest House is a building, now in ruins, located at the summit of Mount Blue Sky in Colorado. It is notable for both its significant architectural design and its unusual location. Built at the terminus of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, it was the highest ...