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September 2, 1983. Location. The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado within Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, a 360-acre (150 ha) amusement park located along the edge of the Royal Gorge around both ends of the bridge. [9] The bridge crosses the gorge 955 feet (291 m) [note 1] above the Arkansas River [5] and held ...
Cañon City ( / ˈkænjən / KAN-yən) [8] is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. [1] [9] The city population was 17,141 at the 2020 United States Census. [5] Cañon City is the principal city of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area and is a ...
The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado. The canyon begins at the mouth of Grape Creek, about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of central Cañon City, and continues in a west-northwesterly direction for approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) until ending near U.S. Route 50. Being one of the deepest canyons in Colorado, it ...
October 20, 1983 (original) February 6, 1986 (increase) Cañon City Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Cañon City, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The historic district listing was based on a 1981 survey by city staff; a 2004-05 survey has been completed which updates and ...
It is one of 25 prisons in the Colorado Department of Corrections system, and one of seven in and around Cañon City. The oldest of the seven, originally built in 1871 and predating Colorado's statehood, was the original State Penitentiary. [citation needed] This is the site of Colorado's death row, and the 1929 prison riot.
Royal Gorge Route Railroad. Coordinates: 38.43798°N 105.24056°W. D&RGW Train No. 1. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Cañon City, Colorado. A 1950s-era train makes daily 2-hour excursion runs from the Santa Fe Depot through the Royal Gorge along a famous section of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad .
The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (also Pinon and Pinyon) is a 235,896 acre (955 km 2) U.S. Army base in southeastern Colorado. The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is a training site for Fort Carson. In 2003, the U.S. Army announced a plan to expand PCMS by purchasing additional land mostly owned by individuals devoted to ranching.
The Tunnel Drive Trail is an out-and-back hiking trail located in Cañon City, Colorado. The trail parallels and overlooks the Arkansas River and the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. [3] Popular with locals, the trail starts just inside the Cañon City city limits and then, crossing out of the city, it goes on State of Colorado and BLM land. [4]