Our Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

We are located at 7000' (2,130m) elevation in the foothills at the base of Pikes Peak, 14,115' (4,302m). You can hike up to the top via the Barr Trail, drive up on the Pikes Peak Highway or take the Cog Railway. The picture on the left was taken in mid-June and the picture on the right is alpenglow near the end of October. You can see what Pike's Peak looks like right now by accessing the Pikes Peak Cam. Pikes Peak is named after explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813). America the Beautiful was composed in 1893 by Katharine Lee Bates as she descended from Pikes Peak.

We are about 3 miles (5 km) from Garden of the Gods, with rugged upended sandstone plates about 100m or so tall. It's hard to believe this exotic place is a city park. Take your technical rock climbing gear, a mountain bike, your car, or just a camera.

The Kissing Camels are part of the rock formations in Garden of the Gods.

NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) is located inside beautiful Cheyenne Mountain, but we'd rather be hiking on the mountain outside.  Can't get on a tour? Then just watch War Games (1983).

World class skiing is about two hours west of Colorado Springs at Copper, Keystone, Breckenridge, Monarch, Vail, Arapahoe (A) Basin, etc.

The United States Air Force Academy is just several miles north of our location. It's a great place to bicycle or drive through. Visit the Air Force Academy Chapel and see the cadets marching in formation to lunch.

The  United States Olympic Training Center located in Colorado Springs has tours available. The Velodrome attracts international bicycling competitors.

Colorado Springs is the home of the Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair (PPRSF), which marks its 61st year in 2019. Some PPRSF participants have gone on to become finalists at the Intel Science Talent Search (now Regeneron STS), the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition, and to place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition.

More Local Information

    Colorado Springs Airport Real-time Flight Schedules

    Colorado Springs Current Weather and Forecast

    Pikes Peak Country Attractions

Engineering and Science Academics in Colorado Springs

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, part of the CU system, has a fast growing campus of 480 acres in Colorado Springs serving about 6,000 students. UCCS offers accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and much more.

The Colorado College is a liberal arts school known for its unique undergraduate programs based on the block plan. Science departments include Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.

The United States Air Force Academy offers undergraduate degrees to its cadets, including programs in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Chemistry. It's Cadet Library, which is open to the public, is a truly outstanding world class research library for Engineering, Science and Mathematics.

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