Answer: Mt. Elbert
There are 52 mountain peaks above 14,000 ft (4,268 m) in Colorado ("fourteeners" as mountain climbers call them) and Mt. Elbert is the highest at 14,433 ft (4,400 m). It is also the highest point of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. Seventy-five percent of the land in the United States above 10,000 ft (3,048 m) is in Colorado.
From Quiz: Exploring Colorado
Answer: table
The county is named for the several plateau- or table-top (mesa: table (Old Spanish; from Latin "mensa")) mountains in the area. The world's largest table-top mountain, The Grand Mesa, lies along the eastern border of Mesa County. It dominates the eastern horizon in The Grand Valley.
From Quiz: Mesa County, Colorado
Answer: The Flatirons
There are officially five "Flatirons" numbered one to five. The name was given by a pioneer who noted they looked like five irons (used for ironing cloths) standing upright. They are a popular venue for hikers and climbers. Some of the climbs are ranked as "World Class".
From Quiz: Sojourn in Boulder, Colorado
Answer: Vail
Vail is a great ski resort...if you can stomach the ridiculous prices, the blackout dates and the snobby posers who are more concerned with their fur coats than skiing.
From Quiz: Colorado Ski Resorts
Answer: Palisade
Palisade has the best peaches in the state and area.
From Quiz: Western Colorado
Answer: Civic Center Park
From Quiz: City of Denver
Answer: Suspension bridge
The Royal Gorge bridge rises 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River.
From Quiz: Colorado Fun Facts
Answer: 1876
Colorado is known as the Centenial state because it was admitted to the union 100 years after the Declaration of Independence.
From Quiz: Colorado Facts
Answer: snow
That's why people should xeriscape more often in my home state.
From Quiz: The Centennial State
Answer: Cache La Poudre
Cache La Poudre means stash the powder in French. French fur trappers stashed their gun powder along this river that runs through Fort Collins, Colorado.
From Quiz: Colorado
Answer: Mesa Verde
The Ancestral Puebloans lived in Mesa Verde, starting around 600 A.D. Originally building adobe huts, around 1190 they started building the famous cliff dwellings. They carved out 600 of them before they left the area before the 15th century. The national park, in southwestern Colorado near the spot where four states meet, was authorized by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
From Quiz: Exploring Colorado
Answer: Grassland
The largest industry in South Park is agriculture. South Park has in the past been home to several gold, silver, and coal mines.
From Quiz: South Park
Answer: colorado gunnison
The Colorado River enters the county from the north, goes through The Grand Valley, and exits to the west into Utah.
The Gunnison enters from the southeast, after cutting through Black Canyon. It intersects the Colorado River in Grand Junction, where its waters join the Colorado.
The upper Colorado River, from its headwaters in the mountains down to the junction with the Gunnison, was once called Grand River, hence the name of the city where they join. In the early 20th Century, this portion was renamed the Colorado.
From Quiz: Mesa County, Colorado
Answer: Pearl Street Mall
The tree-lined brick walkway of Pearl Street Mall, running four blocks from 11th to 15th Street, is more than just a street of trendy boutiques and restaurants. The "jewel" of downtown Boulder has become an outdoor gallery, gathering place, and a busker's performance center.
From Quiz: Sojourn in Boulder, Colorado
Answer: Beaver Creek
Another pricey resort, the Beav is just down the road from Vail, but is much less crowded. Idlewild is a defunct, abandoned ski-hill with rusty-old skeleton lifts on the east side of the town of Winter Park.
From Quiz: Colorado Ski Resorts
Answer: Olathe
Olathe has a great corn festival every year in August.
From Quiz: Western Colorado
Answer: Cherry and South Platte
Cherry Creek and the Platte River join near what is now downtown Denver, there is a park there called Confluence Park, if you are visiting it is right by the REI superstore.
From Quiz: City of Denver
Answer: Coors
The brewery, in the Denver suburbs, is the largest in the world.
From Quiz: Colorado Fun Facts
Answer: Cam
From Quiz: The Centennial State
Answer: Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is also home to Air Force Space Command.
From Quiz: Colorado
Answer: Central City
Central City (officially the City of Central) was the site of the Gregory Lode, a rich vein of gold discovered in 1859. Other nearby veins were soon found. Within a year the population of the city went from almost nothing to 10,000. After the fortunate few made their fortunes the miners drifted away; by 1920 most of the veins had been exhausted. As gold prices rose in the 1930s, mining was again tried but didn't last long.
From Quiz: Exploring Colorado
Answer: Grand Junction
Grand Junction ranks #15 in population for Colorado cities, and #1 for cities on the Western Slope of Colorado. The Western Slope is the portion of Colorado whose natural drainage goes towards the Pacific Ocean.
From Quiz: Mesa County, Colorado
Answer: Chautauqua Park
Each year a series of musical events are held in the historic barn-like Chautauqua Auditorium. The idyllic setting provides a perfect back-drop for a special evening.
From Quiz: Sojourn in Boulder, Colorado
Answer: Junior College World Series
The JC world series are an annual event in Grand junction.
From Quiz: Western Colorado
Answer: Alferd Packer
The Alferd Packer Memorial Grill is dedicated to Colorado's most famous man-eater who, in 1883, was convicted of killing and eating five people. A model prisoner, he was parolled in 1901. Don't miss the Packer Massacre Site and Museum in Lake City and Packer's grave in Littleton. Bon appetit!
From Quiz: Colorado Fun Facts
Answer: Spanish
Colorado comes from the Spanish phrase meaning 'Colored Red.'
From Quiz: Colorado Facts
Answer: Republic Plaza
Although the distinctive cash-register shaped Wells Fargo Building appears taller than Republic Plaza, that's only because it's on a hill.
From Quiz: The Centennial State
Answer: Mt. Elbert
Mt Elbert is 14,433 ft high.
From Quiz: Colorado
Answer: South Platte River
The South Platte River is formed at the confluence of the South Fork South Platte River and the Middle Fork South Platte River. Each of these forks originate in the Mosquito Range, which forms the west rim of South Park.
From Quiz: South Park
Answer: 2
It is almost 3 times the area of Rhode Island, and about 38% bigger than the state of Delaware.
From Quiz: Mesa County, Colorado
Answer: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The Dushanbe Tea House was crafted by artisans in Tajikistan over a three year period. It was disassembled and shipped to Boulder in 1990. It took until 1998 before a suitable site was found and reassembly completed.
From Quiz: Sojourn in Boulder, Colorado
Answer: Colorado hairstreak butterfly
The Colorado hairstreak butterfly is multi-colored and lives at elevations of about 6,500 to 7,500 feet. It also lives in the unusual habitat of the scrub oak. It became the state insect on April 17, 1996.
From Quiz: Colorado--The Centennial State
Answer: Grand Mesa
Grand Mesa is east of Grand Junction and is magnificent.
From Quiz: Western Colorado
Answer: Coors Field
Coors field was constructed for the Colorado Rockies in what used to be the slums of Denver. It brought sports bars, night clubs, and downtown lofts to the area which is now one of the hot spots in Denver.
From Quiz: City of Denver
Answer: Hercules Beetle
The beetle statue, brought to Colorado by bug collector John May, is 25 feet long.
From Quiz: Colorado Fun Facts
Answer: Palisade
And boy are those peaches magnificent!
From Quiz: The Centennial State
Answer: Centennial State
Colorado became a state in 1876, 100 years after the US became a nation.
From Quiz: Colorado
Answer: the Colorado State Capitol building
The red marble (occasionally called Colorado Rose Onyx) was used as wainscoting in the state capitol building, a process that from quarrying to final installation took from 1894 to 1900. Except for a couple of fireplace facings in other buildings, the entire vein of marble was used in the capitol; it is literally irreplaceable.
From Quiz: Exploring Colorado