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.