Ten Fun Facts About Colorado
It’s always fun to plan a vacation especially if it’s to stunningly beautiful Colorado. But if you find yourself wanting to espouse some not-commonly-known facts about your latest destination of choice we provide the following items for you to use how you will (and we’re hoping they inspire you to visit the state as soon as possible)!
- Stephen King’s novel The Shining was said to be inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, a Colorado tradition since 1909.
- Colorado is home to Coors Beer so it should be little wonder that it is also home to more microbreweries per capita than any other state.
- If you’ve heard of the famed herbal tea-maker Celestial Seasonings then you should know that Boulder is home to its factory (on Sleepytime Drive, nonetheless).
- The highest suspension bridge in the world is located in the state. The Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River and has a height of 1,053 feet.
- Colorado has a large expanse of open land; in fact, more than one-third of the state’s land is Federal Public Land.
- The city of Denver has the largest city park system in the country and showcases 205 parks in its city limits and 20,000 acres of parkland in its nearby mountains.
- You know Denver is called the “mile high city,” but if you want to truly experience one mile above sea level all you have to do is stand on the thirteenth step of the state capital building which was designed to be precisely (more…)