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- The Four Corners area, in the southwestern corner of Colorado, is the only place in the United States where four states meet: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- The 13th step of the state capitol building in Denver is exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level.
- The federal government owns more than one-third of Colorado.
- The United States Air Force Academy is located next to Colorado Springs.
- The view from Pikes Peak inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful.”
- Colorado was the second state to pass a law allowing women to vote.
- The professional Rodeo Hall of Fame is located in Colorado Springs.
- More than one thousand of Colorado’s peaks are over 10,000 feet (3,048 m) high!
- Colorado is known as the Centennial State because it joined the union one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- There are close to 500 ghost towns in Colorado. Most of them are abandoned mining towns.
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