Pikes Peak: Quick Facts

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Nov. 10, 2026

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Pikes Peak region attracts visitors with authentic Colorado experience • Nov. 1, 2026, 2:00 AM ET (The Colorado Springs Gazette)

See what’s in store for new campground near Pikes Peak, opening in 2027 • Oct. 28, 2026, 6:00 AM ET (The Denver Post)

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Locator map showing the position of Pikes Peak within the state of Colorado, United States. The map highlights Colorado and its neighboring states-Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah-with Pikes Peak marked near the center of Colorado. An inset globe at the bottom left indicates the general location in North America.

View of Pikes Peak from forty miles distant; from Fremonts report of his expedition.The government responded to interest in the Far West by sending John C. Fremont, a young Army engineer, on a series of expeditions to survey and map the trails to Oregon and California. Fremont spent 1842 in the Wind River Mountains and in 1843–44 led an expedition that marched from St. Louis to Oregon, then south into Nevada and across the Sierra into California, returning East by way of Nevada and Utah.

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