Population............................30,524
Elevation.......................... 5,332 feet

Airport Service:
Fremont County Airport
Pueblo Memorial Airport (40 miles)

Accommodations:
# of hotels........................................... 14
# of hotel rooms.................................. 861

Special Locations:
Buckskin Joe Frontier Town and Railway (authentically-restored 1860's mining town)
Royal Gorge Bridge, world's highest suspension bridge
Colorado Territorial Prison Museum and Park
13 prison facilities (territorial to modern)
Historical commercial district
Arkansas River
Red Canyon Park
Phantom Canyon
Shelf Road
Temple Canyon
Royal Gorge Railroad running through the bottom of the Royal Gorge
White Water rafting and river shots
1800's style architecture and buildings
1800's style mansions

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police................................... (719) 276-5600
Fire....................................... (719) 275-8666
State Patrol........................... (719) 276-5551
County Sheriff........................ (719) 276-5555
Road conditions..................... (719) 545-8520
BLM..................................... (719) 269-8500

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation............................. 12.68 inches
Snowfall..................................... 37.8 inches
Sunshine days...................................... 330

Credits:
Lightning Jack, Conagher, Fast Getaway, Cheyenne Outfitters catalog, Mail Order Brides, Masquerader, Marlboro, Rediscover America, Busch Beer, Lucky Strike, Toyota, Manhunt for Claude Dallas, Dodge Kodiak, Sears chain saw, The Women of San Quentin, Continental Divide, The Sacketts, Paradise Trail, True Grit, How the West Was Won, Comes a Horseman, White Buffalo, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, Mr. Majestyk, Scarecrow, The Cowboys, Barquero, Then Came Bronson.

Description:
Cañon City, the climate capital of Colorado, has one of the widest varieties of location sites found anywhere in the United States, from desert plains to 14,000-foot mountains, ghost mining towns, frontier ranch and cattle towns, roundup camps, high mountain peaks and low rambling foothills. A few miles to the east lie broad flat plains unmarred by fences or habitation. These give way to the foothills covered with brush, juniper and piñon, followed by fir and pine-clad slopes of snow-capped, timberland peaks. There are mountain parks, lush spring-fed meadows, roaring streams and quiet brooks, small homesteads and sprawling ranches, all within an hour's drive.

Population.................................500,000
Elevation................................6,035 feet

Airport Service:
Colorado Springs Airport

Accommodations:
# of hotels.......................................200
# of hotel rooms..........................13,500

Special Locations:
Garden of the Gods Rock Formations
Pikes Peak - America’s Mountain
Mining towns and gold mines
Olympic Training Complex
Ft. Carson, Peterson AFB
NORAD and Air Force Academy
Old Colorado City Historic District
Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum (historical courthouse)
Cave of the Winds
Pikes Peak International Raceway

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police.............................(719) 444-7000
Fire.................................(719) 385-5971
State Patrol.....................(719) 544-2424
County Sheriff..................(719) 390-5555
Road conditions
(toll free)..........................(877) 315-7623
BLM Royal Gorge
Resource Area.................(719) 269-8500
Pike National Forest.........(719) 636-1602
Florissant Fossil Bed
National Monument..........(719) 748-3253

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation.......................14.76 inches
Snowfall...............................42.7 inches
Sunshine days.................................250

Credits:
Wife Swap (ABC), House Guest (UK television), Vanity Fair (still shoot), Great Hotels (television), Auditions (catalogue), Maux Creative (still shoot), Audi (commercial), StrangeLand (feature), Stargate (television), Conoco (commercial), Lexus (commercial), Nissan (commercial), Taco John's (commercial), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (television).

Description:
Where we have MORE of what you want in a location! Colorado Springs has variety!

Choose Colorado Springs as your base of operations and discover a multitude of terrain and outdoor set designs within a 30-minute radius. Colorado Springs is nestled in the foothills of Pikes Peak where the Rocky Mountains rise to the west and the prairie spreads to the east. The city was settled in 1871 and offers buildings and street scenes to fit nearly any time period: architecture from Gothic to Victorian, adobe to space-age; France, 1789; Olympics, 1992; it’s here!

Population........................1,200
Elevation....................9,494 feet

Airport Service:
Fremont County Airport (64 miles)
Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (60 miles)

Accommodations:
# of hotels.........................................10
# of hotel rooms(including B&B’s)....450+

Special Locations:
Opening Summer of 2006 “Pikes Peak Heritage Center” - A new 12,000 sq. ft. welcome & educational center.
1800 buildings make up the downtown area
Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge train
Mollie Kathleen mine
Cripple Creek District Museum
Homestead House
Cripple Creek & Victor Anglo open pit gold mine
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
Historic Trails & Gold Mines
1800’s mining buildings & head frames
1800’s mining equipment & relics
19 Casinos housed in 1800’s buildings
Florissant Fossil Beds
Mueller State Park
Outlaw and Lawmen's Jail Museum

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police Department...........(719) 689-2655
..................................…Emergency 911
Fire Department...............(719) 689-0240
..................................…Emergency 911
State Patrol.....................(719) 635-1799
County Sheriff..................(719) 687-9652
Road conditions...............(719) 630-1111
BLM...............................(719) 269-8500
National Forest................(719) 636-1602
Park Service....................(719) 471-0900

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation............................18 inches
Snowfall..................................30 inches
Sunshine days.................................351

Description:
Cripple Creek is an historic mining town in the shadow of Pikes Peak with 19 local casinos, housed in 1890’s buildings.

Cripple Creek was being considered as the capitol of Colorado back in the 1800’s and was home to over 50,000 people. In 1896 two fires wiped out the business district, forcing the city council to mandate all buildings be built of brick in the business district.

From the entrance to Cripple Creek, you can see over 200 miles and many mountain ranges. We offer easy working conditions for film crews.

Population....................................7,860
Elevation..............................10,152 feet

Airport Service:
Eagle County Airport (65 miles)
Denver International Airport (123 miles)
Colo. Spr. Municipal Airport (135 miles)

Accommodations:
# of hotels.........................................24
# of hotel rooms...............................450

Special Locations/Events:
Year-round, snow-capped mtn. backdrop
Aspen groves
National Historic Landmark District
Vintage 1890's main street
Tabor Opera House (c. 1880)
Victorian homes, buildings, churches, saloons and depot
Twin Lakes 1940's style village
InterLaken 1890's resort buildings on shore of large lake
Highest airport in N.A. w/ 1940s hangar
National Fish Hatchery (since 1889)
Ski Cooper alpine/cross-country ski areas
Scenic tourist railroad
“Museum Capital of Colorado” (6 museums)
Leadville Trail 100
Mineral Belt Trail - a 12 mile paved loop around town for non-motorized activity
Hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police.............................(719) 486-1365
Fire.................................(719) 486-2990
State Patrol.....................(719) 546-5464
County Sheriff..................(719) 486-1249
Road conditions...............(719) 486-1249
BLM-Cañon City..............(719) 269-8500
San Isabel Natl.Forest......(719) 486-0749
AR Headwaters St. Park...(719) 539-7289
Leadville National
Fish Hatchery..................(719) 486-0189
City Film Notification:
Mayor's Office.............(719) 486-2571
Lake County....................(719) 486-3338

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation.........................17.9 inches
Snowfall................................250 inches
Sunshine days.................................310

Credits:
Burger King Commercial, Silver City, 10th Mountain Division for PBS, Under Siege II, SwitchBack, Pytka Production Super Bowl Pepsi commercial, Tatoo Pager commercial (France), Stimirol Gum commercial (Switzerland), National Guard commercial, Coors commercial, Snickers commercial (Japan), Fox Network, Stills for Oldsmobile, Territory Ahead, Nashville stars Reba McIntyre and Jim Collins. Interior stills for Country Living/Country Travels, Country Accents, Country Home, and Victorian Country. Television newscasts and special programming for ABC (Leadville Trail 100), NBC, CBS and PBS; HBO Real Sports; and The History Channel.

Description:
Leadville/Lake County sits at the headwaters of the Arkansas River Valley surrounded by the highest mountains in the state. It is a National Historic Landmark District replete with Victorian architecture, historical and working mines, as well as the natural splendors of the mountains, lakes, forests, alpine meadows, snowfields, ranch meadows, valleys and rivers.

Population....................................4,980
Elevation................................6,500 feet

Airport Service:
Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

Accommodations:
# of hotels/B&B's/cabins.....................60
# of rooms.......................................900

Special Locations:
National Historic District
Ten mineral drinking springs
100-year-old castle
Pikes Peak
Greenstone bridges
Greenstone walls
Artists community
Healing Arts Culture
Cliff House (1800's grand hotel)
Indian cliff dwellings
Caves

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police.............................(719) 685-5407
Fire.................................(719) 685-1444
State Patrol.....................(719) 635-0385
County Sheriff..................(719) 520-7100
Road conditions...............(877) 315-7623
Pike National Forest.........(719) 636-1602
Garden of the Gods
City Park.........................(719) 634-6666

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation.........................9.85 inches
Snowfall...............................40.2 inches
Sunshine days.................................246

Description:
Nestled between the 14,000-foot Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs is a charming village surrounded by the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is an area that was sacred to the Native Americans and was developed by William J. Palmer and Dr. Bell as a health resort, the "Saratoga of the West." The mineral waters were used by the Native Americans and the turn-of-the-century health seekers. Today, ten of these springs still flow freely. The town is filled with Victorian, European and western architecture in both its downtown area, a National Historic District, and the surrounding neighborhoods. Manitou Springs is four miles west of Colorado Springs and 60 miles south of Denver.

Population..............................16,000
Elevation................7,700-14,286 feet

Airport Service:
Denver International Airport (2-1/2 hrs)
Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (2-1/2 hrs)

Accommodations:
# of hotels/motels/guest ranches................13

Special Locations:
South Park City Museum (includes 34 historic buildings)
Salt Works Ranch (Colorado's oldest working ranch)
Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel (c. 1874)
Park County Courthouse (c. 1874)
Town of Guffey
Town of Como
Guanella Pass Scenic & Historic Byway
South Park (grassland basin)
Working cattle ranches

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police....................................(719) 836-2840
Fire........................................(719) 836-2771
State Patrol............................(719) 273-1600
County Sheriff.........................(719) 836-4102

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation...................................14 inches
Snowfall.........................................80 inches

Credits:
Lands End, BBC, The New Land (Warner Brothers), U S West Communications, Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Jeep, Theraflu, Sinton's Dairy, Anheuser Busch.

Description:
Park County encompasses 2,200 square miles in the center of Colorado with minimal contemporary development. Four mountain ranges define the perimeter of Park County, consisting mainly of public lands. The Platte Canyon area contains vast evergreen forests bisected by meandering streams. In contrast, the southern end of the county is characterized by remnant volcanoes, granite spires and precipitous river canyons. The western half of the county is an expansive grassland basin at 9,000 feet known as South Park. The county contains working cattle ranches, 19th-century homesteads and historic mining and railroad structures against a variety of scenic backdrops.

Population
Chaffee County............................17,500
Salida..........................................5,537
Elevation................................7,050 feet

Airport Service:
Gunnison County Airport (60 miles)
Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (103 miles)
Salida Harriet Alexander Field (In Salida)
Buena Vista Airport (In Buena Vista, 25 Miles away)

Accommodations:
# of motels/lodges/cabins...................57
# of units.........................................800

Special Locations:
Arkansas River
Historic Downtown Salida
Buena Vista Correctional Facility
Chalk Cliffs
Western ranches
St. Elmo (ghost town)
Salida Hot Springs Aquatic Center
Monarch Ski Area

Local Agency Phone Numbers:
Police.............................(719) 539-2596
Fire.................................(719) 539-2212
State Patrol.....................(719) 546-5464
County Sheriff..................(719) 539-2596
Road conditions...............(303) 539-6688

Climate (average annual):
Precipitation.......................11.23 inches
Snowfall.............................48.54 inches

Description:
Salida, Buena Vista, and Poncha Springs are romantic names whose origins are rooted in Chaffee County's colorful past. The area has a mix of Spanish, mining and railroading influences. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad serves Salida, Buena Vista and Poncha Springs, 1880's mining towns. Salida and Buena Vista exhibit charming turn-of-the-century Victorian architecture.

The county has the highest concentration of 14,000-foot peaks of any county in the country. The world-class waters of the Arkansas River draw kayakers and rafters to the area each summer. In the winter, Monarch Ski Area attracts thousands of skiers.