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Colorado Springs is located at 38°51'48" North, 104°47'31" West (38.863443, -104.791914)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 482.1 km² (186.1 mi²). 481.1 km² (185.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.21% water.

Climate

Colorado Springs averages 250 days of sunshine per year, and receives 15.42 inches of annual precipitation. Average snowfall for the area (included in the previous annual precipitation calculation) is 5.5" in November, 5.7" in December, 5.0" in January, 5.1" in February, 9.4" in March, and 6.3" in April. Average January low and high temperatures are 14°F/ 42°F (-10°C/ 5.5°C) and average July low and high temperatures are 55°F/ 85°F (12.7°C/ 29.4°C). The hottest temperature ever recorded in Colorado Springs was 101°F (38.3°C) on June 7, 1874 and the coldest temperature ever recorded was -32°F (-35.5°C) on January 20, 1883.

Attractions and entertainment

Tourism and attractions

Downtown Colorado Springs.

Downtown Colorado Springs. In addition to Pikes Peak, there are many other tourist attractions in the area, including:

American Numismatic Association
Cave of the Winds
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, billed as the nation's only 'mountain zoo,' is situated, essentially, on the side of Cheyenne Mountain.
Citadel Mall and Chapel Hills Mall
Flying W Ranch
Security Service Field, home of the baseball club Colorado Springs Sky Sox, AAA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies
Focus on the Family visitor center and tours of facilities
Garden of the Gods, a collection of large red sandstone formations
Glen Eyrie, home to William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs, now owned by The Navigators - tours available
Manitou Cliff Dwellings
Michelle's, a 50+ year old ice cream parlor featured in Life Magazine
Old Colorado City district
Pioneer's Museum
ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy
Seven Falls
United States Air Force Academy
United States Olympic Training Center

According to the Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau, the area attracts some six million visitors yearly.
Colorado Springs is served by the Colorado Springs Airport.

Sports teams

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox baseball team, in the Pacific Coast League (AAA classification), a minor league affiliate of the major league Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Springs Blizzard soccer team, in the Premier Development League a division of the United Soccer Leagues The local colleges feature many sports teams. Notable among them are the following nationally-competitive NCAA Division I teams: Air Force Academy (Fighting Falcons) Football and Hockey, Colorado College (Tiger) Hockey, and Colorado College (Tiger) Women's Soccer. Colorado Springs Cricket Club represents the city in Colorado Cricket League. Formerly called One World Cricket Club, they have won the state championship three times (1999, 2002, 2005) and been in the top four teams in the state for last four consecutive years. The Pikes Peak International Raceway was purchased by competing racing interests and has been shut down.

Trivia

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, an Emmy Award-winning dramatic television series starring Jane Seymour, was set in this town. Though there was some historical accuracy, the majority of the events and settings were fictional, and actual filming was done at the Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, California.
Kelsey Grammer's sister was murdered after leaving a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado [1].
Lon Chaney Theatre is named for him.
Cassandra Peterson (a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Night) attended Palmer High School in downtown Colorado Springs. She graduated in the class of 1969.
Leeann Tweeden worked briefly as a waitress at a local Hooters in the 1991-1992 timeframe.
Bobby Unser was born in Colorado Springs on February 20, 1934.
Actors Michael Boatman and Chase Masterson are from Colorado Springs.
The TV series Stargate SG-1 has several episodes which at least partially take place in Colorado Springs; additionally SGC is based out of nearby Cheyenne Mountain, and most of the team members are shown to reside in Colorado Springs.
In the movie The Sum Of All Fears the Russian President asks a military advisor how many people live in Colorado Springs, as he weighs the ramifications in the use of nuclear weapons against the city. This highlights the strategic importance of the military-centered city.
The movie Independence Day makes reference to the destruction of NORAD, located in the city.
Serbian-born American physicist Nikola Tesla built a laboratory in 1899 for his experiments in the wireless transmission of electrical power. Reportedly he shot lightning from his lab back into the sky during a lightning storm.
Robert A. Heinlein, noted sci-fi writer during the genre's Golden Age, lived in Colorado Springs during part of his career. His novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress featured at one point the rebel moon government raining rock-filled grain cannisters down on NORAD's headquarters inside Cheyenne Mountain, incidentally destroying Colorado Springs because of the great amount of kinetic energy released on impact.
Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz lived briefly in Colorado Springs in 1951. He painted a wall of his home with some Peanuts characters. The wall was removed from the home in 2001 and donated to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California.