Denver's nickname 'Mile High City' refers to what?
AnswerIts elevation of about one mile above sea level
Denver sits about 5,280 feet (one mile) above sea level, and the State Capitol's steps carry mile-high markers.
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Colorado facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about Colorado, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
The name Colorado comes from Spanish, meaning what?
AnswerColored red
Spanish explorers named the Colorado River for its reddish, silt-laden water; the state took the river's name.
Going deeper
What is the highest peak in Colorado?
AnswerMount Elbert
Mount Elbert, at 14,440 feet, is the highest peak in Colorado and in the Rocky Mountains.
Mesa Verde National Park preserves cliff dwellings built by which people?
AnswerAncestral Puebloans
Ancestral Puebloans built Mesa Verde's stone cliff dwellings, mostly in the 1200s.
The view from which Colorado mountain inspired the words of 'America the Beautiful'?
AnswerPikes Peak
Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem after reaching the summit of Pikes Peak in 1893.
Expert level
Great Sand Dunes National Park, with the tallest dunes in North America, is in which valley?
AnswerSan Luis Valley
The dunes formed where winds sweeping across the San Luis Valley drop sand against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any US state. About how high is it?
AnswerAbout 6,800 feet
Colorado's mean elevation is roughly 6,800 feet (2,070 m) above sea level.
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