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Colorado Springs Facts
Population: 360,890
Elevation: 6008 feet
County: El Paso
Land area: 185.7 square miles
Time Zone: Mountain Time zone: (When it is 11:00am in New York City; it is 9:00am in Colorado Springs.) Daylight saving time is observed from late April- late October)
National Holidays:
New Year's Day Jan. 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 3rd Mon. in Jan.
President's Day 3rd Mon. in Feb.
Memorial Day last Mon. in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day 1st Mon. in Sept.
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thurs. in Nov.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dec. 24 and 25
New Year's Eve Dec. 31
Getting to Colorado Springs:
Arriving by Plane
Colorado Springs Airport, located north of Drennan Road and east of Powers Boulevard in the southeastern part of the city : 719/550-1972. Major airlines offer some 100 flights a day to and from this airport.
Arriving by Car
Visitors arriving on I-70 from the east can take exit 359 at Limon and follow U.S. 24 into the Springs. Arriving on I-70 from the west, the most direct route is exit 201 at Frisco, then Colo. 9 through Breckenridge 53 miles to U.S. 24 (at Hartsel), and then east 66 miles to the Springs. This route is mountainous, so check road conditions in winter.
Getting Around the Area
It is easy to get around central Colorado Springs, which is laid out on a classic grid pattern.
City street addresses are divided by Pikes Peak Avenue into north and south; by Nevada Avenue into east and west.
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