COLORADO SPRINGS, a low-density city 184 sq miles in size, is the business and cultural center of the spectacular Pikes Peak Region. Several smaller communities offer a wide variety of lifestyle and housing options within an hour's drive of the city: MONUMENT & PALMER LAKE to the north towards DENVER; MANITOU SPRINGS, CASCADE, CHIPITA PARK, GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, WOODLAND PARK, DIVIDE and CRIPPLE CREEK in the mountains to the west; SECURITY, WIDEFIELD and FOUNTAIN in the southern valley; FALCON, PEYTON, ELLICOTT and CALHAN on the eastern prairies.

Military installations include the US Air Force Academy, Ft. Carson, NORAD, Schriever AFB and Peterson AFB.

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