Why is Denver nicknamed the 'Mile High City'?
AnswerIts elevation is about one mile
Denver sits about 5,280 feet (one mile) above sea level; a step at the Capitol marks that height.
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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
Which of these states shares a border with Colorado?
AnswerKansas
Colorado borders Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Utah, and touches one more state at a single corner point.
Going deeper
The Colorado River carved which famous canyon downstream in Arizona?
AnswerGrand Canyon
The Colorado River rises in Colorado's Rockies and later cut the Grand Canyon over millions of years.
Colorado meets Utah, New Mexico and which other state at the Four Corners?
AnswerArizona
Four Corners is the only US point where four states meet: Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it joined the Union in which year?
Answer1876
Colorado became a state in 1876, one hundred years after the US Declaration of Independence.
Expert level
What is the highest peak in Colorado?
AnswerMount Elbert
Mount Elbert, at about 14,440 feet, is Colorado's highest peak and the highest in the Rocky Mountains.
The view from which Colorado mountain inspired the words of 'America the Beautiful'?
AnswerPikes Peak
Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem after visiting the summit of Pikes Peak in 1893.
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