Air Force Academy, El Paso County, Colorado, United States

Alternative Names:	Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy CDP
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Region:	El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Latitude:	38° 59' 39" N
Longitude:	104° 51' 49" W
Lat/Long (dec):	38.99425,-104.86375
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:	2,069m
Population:	6,680 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	7260752
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:7260752:7
GUID:	8230490e-e486-4b54-9af5-d3fe0292d208

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Hecla - Barber, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	39° 0' 20" N	104° 50' 29" W	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Husted, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	39° 1' 13" N	104° 50' 29" W	3.5km (2.2 miles)
Woodmen Valley Open Space, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 56' 40" N	104° 51' 49" W	5.5km (3.4 miles)
Holly Occurrence, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 56' 0" N	104° 53' 48" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Pikeview Mine Lennox Breed Quarry, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 55' 54" N	104° 53' 45" W	7.5km (4.7 miles)
Burgess Claim (Diamond J Ranch Deposit), Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 59' 40" N	104° 45' 34" W	9.0km (5.6 miles)
Blair Athol Mine, Colorado Springs Area, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 51" N	104° 53' 1" W	9.0km (5.6 miles)
Camp Creek Mine (Hawkeye; Concord; Claims: Saddle Rock), Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 55' 32" N	104° 55' 23" W	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 33" N	104° 51' 14" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Springs Silica Company, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 17" N	104° 53' 4" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Castle Concrete Lennox B (Pikeview Quarry), Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 17" N	104° 53' 45" W	10.3km (6.4 miles)
Castle Quarry, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 16" N	104° 53' 48" W	10.4km (6.5 miles)
Iron King Mine, Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 56' 51" N	104° 58' 15" W	10.6km (6.6 miles)
Unknown Clay (MRDS - 10215346), Pueblo County, Colorado, USA	38° 55' 50" N	104° 45' 51" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Glen Eyrie, Garden of the Gods and vicinity, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 53' 30" N	104° 53' 7" W	11.5km (7.2 miles)
Austin Bluffs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 3" N	104° 47' 59" W	11.7km (7.3 miles)
Austin Bluff, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 54' 3" N	104° 47' 57" W	11.8km (7.3 miles)
Glen Eyrie, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 53' 11" N	104° 53' 4" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 56' 28" N	104° 59' 23" W	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10108309), Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 53' 23" N	104° 54' 56" W	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Black Canyon, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 53' 11" N	104° 54' 27" W	12.6km (7.8 miles)
Garden of the Gods, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 52' 39" N	104° 53' 4" W	13.1km (8.1 miles)
Rampart No. 1 Claim, Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 56' 0" N	104° 59' 40" W	13.2km (8.2 miles)
Garden of the Gods and vicinity, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 52' 34" N	104° 52' 49" W	13.2km (8.2 miles)
Unknown Vermiculite (MRDS - 10265140), Pueblo County, Colorado, USA	38° 59' 24" N	105° 1' 20" W	13.7km (8.5 miles)
Unknown Limestone - General Occurrence (MRDS - 10017850), Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 52' 32" N	104° 54' 56" W	13.9km (8.7 miles)
Talca Gulch Iron Mine (Talcott? Gulch Iron Mine), Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 57' 25" N	105° 1' 8" W	14.0km (8.7 miles)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10013853), Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 58' 12" N	105° 1' 37" W	14.4km (8.9 miles)
Cave of the Winds, Manitou Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 52' 21" N	104° 55' 12" W	14.4km (8.9 miles)
Navajo, Green Mountain Falls Mining District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA	38° 57' 14" N	105° 1' 30" W	14.6km (9.1 miles)

View of northern Colorado Springs area, ca. 1960.

Woodmen Valley Open Space, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

View of northern Colorado Springs area, ca. 1960.

Woodmen Valley Open Space, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

View of northern Colorado Springs area, ca. 1960.

Woodmen Valley Open Space, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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Popes Bluff, Colorado Springs Area, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 14.6 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 14.6 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Great Plains Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Rocky Mountains, North America	Mountain Range
USA	Country
Colorado, USA	State
El Paso County, Colorado, USA	County

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