The City of Glenwood Springs is Home Rule Municipality which is the center of government and the densest municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. Glenwood Springs is located at the confluence of the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River, exploring with the Roaring Fork Valley and a series of small towns above and below the Colorado River. At the 2010 census it had a population of 9,614.
Glenwood Springs is well known as a historic destination for tourists with a variety of natural facilities, especially the hot springs, but gentrification and development has introduced modern culture, dining, and recreational activities as well. It is also home to two campus and administrative offices of the Colorado Mountain College system.
Glenwood Springs in 2015 was named "The Most Exciting Small Town Neighborhood in the United States" by Southern Methodist University and the 5th Best Place for Live in America by Outside Magazine. It's named "The Most Exciting City in America" ​​by Rand McNally and USA Today in 2011.
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History
Glenwood Springs was originally known as "Defiance", a name that is sometimes still used by local teams or businesses. Insubordination was founded in 1883, a tent camp, a salon, and a brothel with an increasing number of cabins and lodging. It is populated with people who are expected from gamblers, wanderers, and prostitutes. Isaac Cooper Sarah's Founder's Wife found it difficult to adjust to the border life and, in an effort to make her surroundings somewhat more comfortable, persuaded the founders to change their name to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after Glenwood, Iowa's beloved hometown.
The location of Glenwood Springs, as well as stopping on the railway, quickly made it a trading center in the area. The city has seen famous visitors, including President Teddy Roosevelt, who spent the entire summer vacation of the historic Hotel Colorado. Doc Holliday, a wild western legend from O.K.Ã, Corral shootout, spent the last months of his life in Glenwood Springs and was buried in the original Pioneer Cemetery on Bennett Avenue. Kid Curry is buried in the same location. The famous serial killer, Ted Bundy, was imprisoned in Glenwood Springs prison until he escaped on the night of December 30, 1977, an undetectable flight for 17 hours.
Glenwood Springs is one of the first places in the United States that has electric lights. Original lighting was installed in 1897 inside the Elf Cave in Iron Mountain. Later, the dam was built in Glenwood Canyon, providing water for the Shoshone power plant. The plant began producing electricity on May 16, 1909, and retained the largest and oldest water rights to the Colorado River, the "Shoshone Call", which is now much more valuable for the Colorado River water protection than the minimal electricity produced.
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Geography
Glenwood Springs is located in a narrow mountain valley that hosts the Colorado River encounter and the Roaring Fork River. The surrounding area is sharply contoured on all sides, with many caves to be found. Extensive geothermal sources exist in the area, most notably manifested in local hot springs, but also proven through other features such as Dotsero Maar. Occasional proposals to harness geothermal energy for other purposes arise. Glenwood Springs has experienced several significant mudslides throughout its history, a threat mitigated by public works.
Glenwood Springs is one of the most easily explored cities in America, a distinction that has been recognized by PBS and Walking Magazine, including the Walking Town Hall of Fame. Despite the dense city facilities and limited geography make Glenwood Springs a natural environment for pedestrians and cyclists, the extensive tracks that run throughout and around town are generated from the revival that began in the 1980s in response to congestion and traffic.
Due to strict planning by city management during the early years of the city, Glenwood Springs has some of the most senior water rights to the Colorado River tributaries. Although there is very little risk of water shortage, unlike most of West America, conservation plans have been enforced for environmental reasons too. Supply so much that the city has an incomplete understanding of its own water rights. The city's drinking water is supplied mainly through senior rights to the main river basins in the Flat Peat Swamp Area, and tap water is generally of very good quality.
Abundant mineral deposits exist in Crystal River and Roaring Fork, and oil resources in west Garfield County, bringing significant tax revenues to Glenwood Springs. However, Glenwood Springs itself is located outside the Colorado Mineral Belt, and there are no sources of minerals or oil and gas near Glenwood Springs or the watershed. While the shortage of minerals and oil is a disaster for early miners wishing to strike it rich, modern Glenwood Springs lacks the legacy of Colorado's typical mountain city from resource extraction, which boasted pure air, water, and soil. The valley of inversion and heavy traffic to Aspen can cause air quality problems during very cold winters.
According to the US Census Bureau, Glenwood Springs has a total area of ​​5.7 square miles (14.7 km 2 ), which is 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ) , or 0.16%, is water.
Climate
Glenwood Springs has a generally mild and semi-arid climate, much more consistently stable than the Front Range and most of Colorado, although it is still clearly continental and prone to extreme weather periods. The microclimate dominates Glenwood Springs, with areas close to the river often much damper and cooler than hillsides.
Cultivation
Local food production has experienced a dramatic revival in recent years. Although not as frequent as fecund areas such as vast and extensive agricultural areas at lower altitudes such as Palisade, most types of fruits and vegetables grow very well in light and soil if watered with plenty of water. Fruit stones like cherries, peaches, and plums, fruits like apples and pears, and grapes are perfect.
Apples and peaches from nearby town Silt won first place at St. Louis in 1904, and strawberries developed so well that Glenwood Springs's largest festival was inaugurated as Strawberry Days in 1898. Just a few miles upstairs, Carbondale became legendary. for the potato.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, there were 7,736 people, 3,216 households, and 1,926 families living in the city. Population density was 1.611 people per square mile (622.3/km ²). There are 3,353 housing units with an average density of 698.5 per square mile (269.7/km²). City's racial makeup is 90.42% White, 0.23% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Island, 5.82% of other races, and 1.94 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino from any race is 13.30% of the population. 13.9% were Germany, 13.3% Britain, Ireland 12.9%, 7.6% Americans and 7.0% of Italian offspring according to the 2000 Census.
There were 3,216 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 8.5% had non-husbands female households, and 40.1% were not family. 29.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.5% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the city, the population is spread by 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% years or more. The mean age is 36 years. For every 100 women, there are 103.5 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 100.7 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 43,934, and the average income for families is $ 52,903. Men have an average income of $ 38,506 compared to $ 29,272 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 23,449. Approximately 3.5% of families and 7.9% of the population are below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under the age of 18 and 5.5% of those aged 65 years or older.
Although it is an expensive area to live in, Glenwood Springs has the highest life expectancy in America for 40-year-olds working with wages.
Economy
The economy of Glenwood Springs has centered on hospitality for travelers since its establishment, unlike many mountain towns in Colorado, which are generally settled for mining or rail purposes. While early rail access and inclusion in the main and close lanes of Aspen certainly catalyze the city's growth, Glenwood Springs consistently attracts visitors, and thus never really experiences the bust or lonely years of the most enduring mountain towns.
Much of this tourism, especially during the summer months, usually involves local outdoor sports or facilities in the city. In winter, the proximity of Glenwood Springs to several major ski resorts and hot springs attracts visitors as well. Autumn is very beautiful when the oak gambel trees that hit the hills change color, and spring brings waves of violas and other flowers, especially tubers, from traditional lilies to the sego of the original lilies.
Historically, Glenwood Springs has been most visited by residents in other parts of Colorado, but tourism from across America and the world has been the fastest growing source of recent growth. Excellent connectivity is provided throughout the city by a local fiber-optic loop with multiple uplinks due to the Glenwood railway heritage.
Glenwood Springs also serves as a bedroom community for Aspen and Vail, while many people working in Glenwood Springs in turn live further down the Colorado River. Due to severe geographical constraints, if further population growth should be accommodated, it should primarily come from the construction of multifamily infill.
Bloomberg Business named Glenwood Springs as the 7th richest small town in America by 2015, mainly due to Aspen's influence. Glenwood Springs and Aspen share areas of micropolitan statistics, and businesses often serve the entire Valley, including multiple merged list services. Many small businesses start in the region because of their wealth of environment and strong preference for local businesses, but they usually move to larger metropolitan areas after successful growth leads to more affordable labor and physical resource needs.
Education
Glenwood Springs is the school district headquarters of Roaring Fork RE-1 and Colorado Mountain College. In total, the city has 5 K-12 public schools: Glenwood Springs High School, Yampah Mountain High School, Glenwood Springs Middle School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School. St. Catholic School Stephen, founded in 1982, is K-8.
Yampah High is a finalist for a $ 10 million grant from XQ Super Schools, a philanthropic project run by Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs.
Media
The main news source of Glenwood Springs is Post Independent , a local daily newspaper created by the merger of Glenwood Post , with a colorful history spanning in various forms until 1889, and a new competitor, Glenwood Independent . It has received many awards over the years, including the Osborne Award for the Editorial Youth Society of the United States of America 2016. The newspaper and many of its reporters have been recognized by the Colorado Associated Press for various differences.
KMTS provides local state radio along the Colorado River, and KSNO serves the Roaring Fork Valley.
Transportation
Amtrak and other rails
Amtrak's California Zephyr , operates daily in both directions between Chicago and Emeryville, California, serving Glenwood Springs, the second busiest station in Colorado, behind only Union Union Station. The first commercially successful dome car was built for the Zephyr family, inspired by Glenwood Canyon.
Due to the scenery, the schedules designed for maximum sunlight in Glenwood Canyon, the proximity of downtown, and the volume of local tourism, Glenwood Springs receives more passenger traffic than many of the major cities on the Zephyr line, including Lincoln, Omaha , Grand Junction, and Salt Lake City.
The Zephyr takes a scenic route through the mountains between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Most of the routes follow the Colorado River and away from the road and major development. Part of the route near Glenwood Springs was used for the location in the 1995 action film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory , starring Steven Seagal.
The local transport authority is the Roaring Fork Transport Authority (RFTA, pronounced "rafta"). RFTA retains ownership of land previously used for rail traffic to Aspen, an occasional source of disappointment in balancing development needs. The proposal to introduce light rail to the Valley was almost realized but not found economically feasible. The VelociRFTA service described below is currently working well, but RFTA remains committed to realizing the vision of light rail.
Bus
RFTA provides transit buses in Glenwood Springs and the entire Roaring Fork Valley. VelociRFTA (pronounced "Veloci-rafta", a single on velociraptor) BRT service, the first rural BRT in the United States, starting in September 2013, offers connections between Glenwood Springs south and Aspen approximately every 15 minutes with a total of 60 minutes travel time.
The city also operates an intracity bus service, Ride Glenwood. Ride Glenwood offers the main route from the west side of town along corridor 6 & amp; 24, through the city center, to the southern part of Glenwood along Hwy 82.
A free shuttle runs between Colorado Hotel and Hot Springs in Olive & amp; 6 to 8 & amp; Cooper and Centennial Park every 20 minutes from 9:00 am to 11:00 pm while construction on the new pedestrian sidewalk above the Colorado River is under way.
Greyhound Lines stop at Glenwood Springs on the way between New York and Las Vegas twice per day and Denver and Las Vegas once a day.
The daily bus service named Bustang runs between Glenwood Springs and Denver operated by CDOT. Amenities include free Wi-Fi and electricity and toilets. Direct connections to Denver International Airport via commuter trains are available at the drop-off point at Union Station.
Car
Glenwood Springs is located along I-70 at exit 116 (main exit), about 150 miles (240 km) west of Denver and 85 miles (137 km) east of Grand Junction. I-70 is one of the main east-west routes through the Rocky Mountains. Colorado State Highway 82 leads southeast from Glenwood Springs up the Roaring Fork Valley 12 miles (19 km) to Carbondale and 41 miles (66 km) to Aspen.
Airport
Glenwood Springs Airport, a city airport, was built in the early 1940s. The airport code is KGWS. The airport is also named the most challenging 4th mountain airport by the Aircraft and Pilot Owners Association (AOPA). The main reasons cited were the location of airport mountains, runways, and unpredictable wind gusts, which caused the accident in 2007. In 2004, Cessna crashed into an apartment near the airport due to engine trouble.
Recreation
Glenwood Springs has always been well known for outdoor recreation, today joining the cultural facilities and the emergence of Glenwood Springs and Roaring Fork Valley as a whole as a gastronomic destination for food lovers. Activities include rafting, kayaking, caving, biking, rock climbing, horse riding, all-terrain tours (ATV), Hummer off-road tours, Segway tours, tandem paragliding flights, world-class fishing, and a stay at Glenwood Canyon. Outfitters are available to help visitors arrange activities.
Hot Springs
The main attraction of Glenwood Springs for over a hundred years is the number of hot springs in the area. Colorado made wider efforts to advertise its hot springs after a survey showed places of high value visitors in hot mineral waters.
Glenwood Hot Springs is the largest hot spring facility in town, located across the Colorado River from the city center. The large pool is kept at 93Ã, Â ° F (34Ã, Â ° C) throughout the year and is the largest mineral hot springs pool in the world. The smaller "Therapeutic Pool" averages 104 ° C (40 ° C) throughout the year, favored by some due to its higher mineral content. There is a 107 room cottage, which includes unlimited access to hot springs and a full hot breakfast for all guests. Spa of the Rockies is an award-winning mineral spa specializing in natural mineral-based treatments. Other facilities include a full-service athletic club, souvenir shop and restaurant. Two waterslides, mini golf and a cold water pool are open during the warmer months.
Yampah Hot Water steam cave is a historic underground steam bath. They are over 100 years old and used by the Ute Indians as a source of rejuvenation and healing. Today, the steam cave consists of three adjacent underground rock chambers. The cave temperature averages 110 to 112 Â ° F (43 to 44 Â ° C). Hot springs and mineral caves are a tourist spot and are the main reason for the completion of Glenwood Springs.
Iron Mountain Hot Springs offers a free experience with a smaller pool in a more intimate setting. The underlying geothermal resources and lands have been developed and closed several times. The business is currently open in 2015.
Ski
Sunlight Mountain Resort is the hometown hill for Glenwood Springs, operating a brick and mortar store for lift tickets, rentals, repairs, and equipment in downtown Glenwood. The ski resort itself is located 12 miles (19 km) south of the city on County Road 117, also known as Four Mile Road. Sunlight Mountain Resort is best known by the family because of its wide range of terrains leading to a major base. It offers excellent cross-country skiing in a large well-preserved Nordic area, sharing spectacular scenery and dense aspen trees that mark other more well-known resorts in the area. There are some very steep forest paths for experts who enjoy skiing and tree powders.
Other ski areas such as Aspen, Beaver Creek and Vail are further away, but Glenwood Springs is still often selected as a base for visitors to this other resort because of its hot springs, a selection of cultures and eating places, and cheaper lodging in winter.
Rafting, kayaking, and fishing
The two largest rivers in Colorado, the Colorado River, and the Roaring Fork River, meet in Glenwood Springs. Both are used extensively for recreation by locals, visitors, and commercial sellers. The Roaring Fork waters that flow through Glenwood Springs are the fishing waters of the "Gold Medal", officially designated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The natural diversity in the terrain and gradients of Glenwood Canyon and many watersheds provides the option for most user-level watercraft users. The Roaring Fork River provides a relaxing float trip with very little grade 2 rapids. Colorado River from Grizzly Creek is also a benign class 2 float. Running Colorado from Shoshone's nipples provides a more adrenaline racing experience on the upper 3rd grade rapids. Different times of the year will accommodate different skill levels, with spring runoff making the river much more wild, while rivers are often lethargic during autumn and freeze completely in winter.
There is a special Glenwood Whitewater Park developed on the river near Midland Avenue to provide features and terrain for stationary wave surfing, kayaking, and more.
Paragliding
Paragliding is a popular summer activity and shoulder season in Glenwood Springs, with reliable and generally reliable air currents and superb views with terrain stretching more than 2 kilometers above the valley floor seen in various directions. There are three different launch points offered in two different mountains in the city. Five other sites are available in a radius of less than 40 minutes.
Mountain biking
While Carbondale, just upvalley, already known as the premier mountain biking destination, Glenwood Springs has its own ambitious plans to make steep terrain around the city available to motorists. There are already many famous mountain bike paths in the Roaring Fork Valley, most in need of significant fitness and stamina for full enjoyment due to steep slopes and rocky outcroppings.
Some preferred routes for locals are the Forest Hollow Trail, winding along the edge above Glenwood Canyon, and Scout Trail, an extreme decline from the edge of the canyon to Glenwood town center. Jeanne Golay or Red Mountain Trail is a dirt trail in Red Mountain with the constant and constant vertical gains that locals use for training and sports.
Golf
Glenwood Springs is home to a 9-hole golf course called by the locals as "The Hill" and is within driving distance of the golf mountain. One golf club received the Golf Magazine's "" List of Best New American Courses. "Some of the larger courses, especially including River Valley Ranch and Ironbridge, are sprawled through several mountain valleys around Glenwood Springs and Carbondale.
There are some local putt-putt golf facilities that are generally only open in the summer.
Bicycle path
Two very beautiful and long lanes hosted Glenwood Springs as one of the end points.
The Glenwood Canyon Recreational Trail winds 16 miles (26 km) via Glenwood Canyon sandwiched between canyon walls and the Colorado River. It is suitable for families and recreational riders, with multiple access points and rest areas along the way.
The Rio Grande Trail runs approximately 41 miles (66 km) throughout the local Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, reaching all the way to Aspen in a very successful rail-to-track project featured by The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy as Trail of the Month in April 2016.
Outside of this main line, a number of specified connector paths and bicycle paths exist in the city and throughout the surrounding area. Bicycle and transport rentals are available at some outfitters in the city. The line network offers several rounds within the city, including some that explore the river.
Glenwood Caverns
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is a medium sized amusement park aimed at visitors of all ages. The tram takes visitors to a vast cave system that has historically been known as the "Elephant Cave", now known as the Glenwood Cave. Bus transportation is available as a reserve on windy days. The rides and trams look vague throughout the city.
The main attractions are caves and a number of imported vibrational rides, including the alpine coaster, the Giant Canyon Swing, which directs riders to the Glenwood Canyon cliffs to reflect the Colorado River about 1300 feet below, and Cliffhanger, a roller coaster literally bolted into the mountains. Softer experiences such as laser tags, lunches, and rides for small children are held at the top of the streetcar.
Glenwood Caverns itself is a complex cavernous system winding along Iron Mountain, which is finally connected to the same hydrothermal feature that drives the hot springs. There are two guided walking tour caves with a guide for the price of admission. The first tour includes the geology and history of colorful caves, which have been a tourist attraction since the 1800s. The second tour will take you deeper into the cave system to see Kings Row, the most decorated cavern hall in Colorado, and Barn, Colorado's second largest cave space. A challenging and authentic caving experience is also available.
Glenwood Vaudeville Revue
Glenwood Vaudeville Revue is a two-hour professional dinner theater performance featuring comedy dramas, dances, and songs for audiences of all ages. An old cinema in the city center was bought and renovated into a dedicated venue. Withdrawal has been in professional performance since 2009.
Hanging Lake
Hanging Lake is located in Glenwood Canyon about 7 miles (11 km) east of Glenwood Springs. The lake is reached via a trailhead located near I-70 at the base of the canyon. In summer 2010 the boardwalk on the lake was replaced. The trail to the lake itself is quite strenuous, but the trailhead is easily accessible as long as parking is available. Cars regularly fill the entire road to the highway for most of the time of the year.
The preservation of the unique beauty of the lake becomes a struggle against the rapidly rising traffic levels. Plans are currently underway to provide alternative transportation options, study capacity limitations, and measure other mechanisms to reduce the impact of visits while still sharing the lake with maximum number of visitors.
Off-roading
The unique geography of Glenwood Springs, scraped deep into the surrounding area by encounters of rivers, provides hundreds of miles of minute walks from the city center.
The most popular trail near Glenwood Springs is called Trail Transfer. This trail begins at the foot of the Iron Mountain and runs on the Peak of Datar towards many lakes of clear mountains and hidden caves. The Transfer route was once the main access route to Glenwood Springs when Glenwood Canyon was deemed impassable. The Flat Tops still hosts the ghost town of Carbonate at 10,783 feet, the first place in the county of Garfield County.
City Center Market
One of the many festivals and markets organized by Glenwood Springs throughout the year, Market Downtown's farmers market happens every Tuesday during the summer. Vendors offer locally made and Colorado products, mainly groceries and handicrafts and merchandise. Cooking demonstrations and musical performances are sometimes arranged in small parks nearby.
Famous people
- Kid Curry - Wild West villains and armed men
- Doc Holliday - Wild West rifle, gambler, and dentist
- Jim Irwin - US Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut; the eighth man walked on the moon
- Jack P. Juhan - General of the US Navy Major general, who served in World War II and the Korean War.
- Bobby Julich - cyclist and silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics
- Scott McInnis - a former US congressman from Colorado
- Blake Neubert - artist
- Sarah Schleper - Alpine skier
- John David Vanderhoof - former Colorado Governor
- Mary Linda Clapham - Miss Colorado Universe 1957
See also
- Colorado Outline
- Index of Colorado related articles
- The State of Colorado
- Colorado cities and towns
- the Colorado municipality
- county of Colorado
- Garfield County, Colorado
- Colorado cities and towns
- Glenwood Canyon
- Glenwood Caverns
- Glenwood Hot Springs
References
External links
- City of Glenwood Springs city website
- Glenwood Springs Fire Department
- Glenwood Springs Police Department
- CDOT City Map of Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Tourism:
- The Glenwood Springs Bedroom Company Association
- Visitglenwood.com, the official travel website of Glenwood Springs
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