Map of Colorado with Cities & Roads
This map of Colorado illustrates the state’s cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographical features. Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora are among the major cities highlighted on this Colorado map.
Located in the western United States, Colorado borders Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. It is a state with diverse landscapes, boasting the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, and the Colorado Plateau.
Colorado is fondly referred to as the “Centennial State” due to it being admitted to the Union in 1876, 100 years after the signing of the nation’s Declaration of Independence. Not only is it famed for its world-class ski resorts, but Colorado is also legendary for its vibrant music scene and has a rich history of mining and ranching.
Capital of Colorado:
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Denver, referred to as “The Mile-High City,” is the capital of Colorado. Its elevation is exactly one mile above sea level and it’s known for its vibrant arts scene, numerous sports teams, and being a hub for craft breweries.
Major Cities & Towns:
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Denver
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Colorado Springs
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Aurora
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Fort Collins
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Lakewood
- Thornton
- Arvada
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Westminster
Major Counties:
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El Paso County
- Denver County
- Arapahoe County
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Jefferson County
- Adams County
Interstate Highways:
- Interstate 25
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Interstate 70
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Interstate 76
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Interstate 225
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Interstate 270
Landmarks of Colorado:
Colorado is home to many notable landmarks that include the Rocky Mountain National Park, Pikes Peak, Mesa Verde National Park, Garden of the Gods, and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Geography of Colorado:
Colorado’s geography is quite diverse. It is characterized by the Rocky Mountains that split the state into the Eastern and Western Slopes, the Colorado Plateau in the west, and the vast Great Plains in the east. The state’s highest point is Mount Elbert in the Rockies, and its lowest point is the Arikaree River on the Kansas border.
State Parks of Colorado:
Colorado’s state park system is a treasure chest of natural beauty. It includes the Golden Gate Canyon State Park with its scenic peaks, the Eldorado Canyon State Park known for rock climbing, the Staunton State Park popular for mountain biking, and the Lory State Park well-liked for horseback riding.
| City | Avg. Population Total | Mean Bikescore (1-100) | Mean Transitscore (1-100) | Mean Walkscore (1-100) | Avg. School Rating (1-10) | Avg. Rent |
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| Denver | 704,210 | 78 | 55 | 71 | 5 | $2,487 |
| Colorado Springs | 457,572 | 46 | 20 | 37 | 5 | $1,865 |
| Aurora | 367,826 | 57 | 41 | 47 | 4 | $1,982 |
| Fort Collins | 164,170 | 82 | 33 | 42 | 6 | $2,038 |
| Lakewood | 155,346 | 64 | 41 | 51 | 4 | $2,069 |
| Thornton | 137,008 | 52 | 39 | 6 | $2,407 | |
| Arvada | 115,220 | 56 | 35 | 44 | 6 | $2,287 |
| Centennial | 111,442 | 48 | 30 | 36 | 6 | $2,255 |
| Westminster | 111,349 | 54 | 34 | 40 | 5 | $2,297 |
| Pueblo | 110,592 | 51 | 39 | 4 | $1,313 | |
| Boulder | 105,996 | 89 | 52 | 63 | 7 | $3,042 |
| Greeley | 105,566 | 60 | 49 | 4 | $1,788 | |
| Highlands Ranch | 104,984 | 55 | 39 | 7 | $3,100 | |
| Longmont | 94,051 | 58 | 42 | 6 | $2,087 | |
| Loveland | 76,104 | 50 | 38 | 6 | $2,130 | |
| Broomfield | 68,026 | 56 | 32 | 37 | 6 | $2,867 |
| Grand Junction | 61,714 | 68 | 49 | 5 | $1,585 | |
| Castle Rock | 61,515 | 45 | 22 | 7 | $2,937 | |
| Commerce City | 55,643 | 43 | 23 | 5 | $2,351 | |
| Parker | 52,870 | 45 | 26 | 8 | $2,770 | |
| Littleton | 46,597 | 55 | 40 | 47 | 6 | $2,589 |
| Brighton | 39,802 | 45 | 39 | 5 | $2,423 | |
| Northglenn | 39,246 | 63 | 50 | 5 | $2,126 | |
| Englewood | 34,722 | 59 | 35 | 55 | 6 | $2,369 |
| Wheat Ridge | 31,703 | 68 | 45 | 52 | 4 | $2,166 |
| Fountain | 30,793 | 37 | 38 | 25 | 4 | $1,733 |
| Pueblo West | 30,290 | 38 | 15 | 5 | $1,443 | |
| Lafayette | 29,012 | 56 | 49 | 7 | $2,389 | |
| Windsor | 27,375 | 38 | 23 | 7 | $2,147 | |
| Erie | 23,576 | 50 | 9 | 7 | $2,886 | |
| Clifton | 20,994 | 41 | 21 | 3 | $1,348 | |
| Louisville | 20,832 | 68 | 56 | 8 | $2,522 | |
| Evans | 20,628 | 38 | 34 | 4 | $1,614 | |
| Golden | 20,514 | 54 | 44 | 48 | 7 | $2,366 |
| Montrose | 19,494 | 38 | 22 | 6 | $1,650 | |
| Durango | 17,674 | 35 | 28 | 6 | $2,157 | |
| Greenwood Village | 16,021 | 67 | 61 | 7 | $3,104 | |
| Fort Carson | 15,102 | 3 | ||||
| Sterling | 14,709 | 39 | 39 | 3 | $1,102 | |
| Firestone | 14,010 | 39 | 34 | 6 | $2,390 | |
| Lone Tree | 13,393 | 41 | 49 | 7 | $3,402 | |
| Johnstown | 13,392 | 30 | 9 | 4 | $2,013 | |
| Fruita | 13,190 | 65 | 39 | 5 | $1,490 | |
| Superior | 13,058 | 54 | 37 | 9 | $3,366 | |
| Federal Heights | 12,924 | 46 | 52 | 3 | ||
| Frederick | 12,738 | 45 | 15 | 4 | $2,498 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 12,693 | 49 | 25 | 6 | $1,800 | |
| Castle Pines | 11,537 | 26 | 21 | 8 | $3,287 | |
| Fort Morgan | 11,343 | 37 | 29 | 3 | $1,272 | |
| Glenwood Springs | 9,647 | 42 | 41 | 4 | $2,831 | |
| Rifle | 9,615 | 36 | 24 | 3 | $2,075 | |
| Wellington | 9,484 | 31 | 14 | 5 | $2,005 | |
| Edwards | 9,233 | 6 | $7,125 | |||
| Alamosa | 9,185 | 53 | 52 | 5 | $1,000 | |
| Delta | 9,104 | 64 | 61 | 5 | ||
| Craig | 8,996 | 28 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Evergreen | 8,765 | 13 | 11 | 7 | $3,822 | |
| Cortez | 8,381 | 53 | 52 | 2 | $950 | |
| Fort Lupton | 8,295 | 30 | 24 | 3 | $2,500 | |
| Trinidad | 8,285 | 6 | $1,375 | |||
| Milliken | 7,620 | 22 | 3 | 5 | $2,224 | |
| Lamar | 7,413 | 4 | ||||
| Woodland Park | 7,348 | 29 | 27 | 6 | $1,733 | |
| Aspen | 7,319 | 72 | 69 | 6 | $7,406 | |
| Gypsum | 7,125 | 64 | 32 | 5 | $3,175 | |
| Eagle | 7,037 | 55 | 36 | 4 | ||
| Monument | 7,017 | 26 | 21 | 7 | $2,358 | |
| La Junta | 6,752 | 46 | 62 | 3 | $1,250 | |
| Cherry Hills Village | 6,692 | 10 | ||||
| Avon | 6,544 | 39 | 28 | 6 | $5,667 | |
| Berthoud | 6,465 | 39 | 33 | 7 | $2,446 | |
| Gunnison | 6,408 | 71 | 47 | 5 | ||
| Estes Park | 6,252 | 39 | 27 | 5 | $3,095 | |
| Carbondale | 6,024 | 52 | 36 | 5 | $6,155 | |
| Salida | 5,760 | 6 | $2,275 | |||
| Brush | 5,542 | 42 | 41 | 5 | $1,250 | |
| Lochbuie | 5,490 | 26 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dacono | 5,418 | 54 | 55 | 9 | $2,305 | |
| Vail | 5,406 | 44 | 34 | 6 | $6,500 | |
| Edgewater | 5,350 | 84 | 63 | 3 | $1,425 | |
| Breckenridge | 5,340 | 37 | 24 | 4 | $5,588 | |
| Manitou Springs | 5,253 | 35 | 58 | 7 | $1,685 | |
| Eaton | 5,049 | 26 | 2 | 5 | $2,050 | |
| Silverthorne | 4,984 | 16 | 7 | 3 | $3,270 | |
| Severance | 4,827 | 33 | 20 | 4 | $2,560 | |
| Mead | 4,493 | 25 | 0 | 7 | $3,795 | |
| New Castle | 4,442 | 6 | 1 | 5 | $2,588 | |
| Basalt | 4,270 | 36 | 41 | 5 | $6,597 | |
| Monte Vista | 4,190 | 4 | ||||
| Niwot | 3,872 | 21 | 1 | 8 | $4,245 | |
| Rocky Ford | 3,870 | 3 | ||||
| Yuma | 3,789 | 4 | ||||
| Florence | 3,697 | 44 | 39 | 4 | $988 | |
| Burlington | 3,638 | 3 | ||||
| Hudson | 3,143 | 6 | ||||
| Strasburg | 3,069 | 5 | ||||
| Frisco | 2,972 | 63 | 45 | 5 | $3,500 | |
| Walsenburg | 2,967 | 4 | ||||
| Penrose | 2,874 | 3 | $600 | |||
| Silt | 2,855 | 31 | 14 | 4 | $1,943 | |
| Platteville | 2,785 | 31 | 21 | 4 | ||
| Buena Vista | 2,755 | 5 | ||||
| Palisade | 2,659 | 49 | 26 | 6 | $1,798 | |
| La Salle | 2,642 | 7 | ||||
| Bayfield | 2,607 | 22 | 11 | 5 | $4,147 | |
| Palmer Lake | 2,550 | 6 | $1,995 | |||
| Leadville | 2,541 | 46 | 41 | 3 | $1,275 | |
| Meeker | 2,527 | 41 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Holyoke | 2,465 | 4 | ||||
| Bennett | 2,453 | 3 | ||||
| Wray | 2,433 | 4 | ||||
| Laporte | 2,424 | 61 | 20 | 8 | $1,495 | |
| Cedaredge | 2,380 | 6 | ||||
| Colorado City | 2,367 | 4 | ||||
| Las Animas | 2,344 | 3 | $1,595 | |||
| Center | 2,325 | 4 | ||||
| Rangely | 2,315 | 4 | ||||
| Hayden | 2,141 | 5 | ||||
| Pagosa Springs | 2,117 | 25 | 8 | 5 | $2,532 | |
| Granby | 2,092 | 11 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Ault | 2,063 | 5 | $1,810 | |||
| Akron | 1,983 | 3 | $700 | |||
| Telluride | 1,954 | 8 | ||||
| Lyons | 1,953 | 9 | $3,531 | |||
| Kremmling | 1,728 | 5 | ||||
| Olathe | 1,669 | 4 | ||||
| Keenesburg | 1,644 | 6 | $2,400 | |||
| Ordway | 1,620 | 4 | $1,000 | |||
| Kersey | 1,572 | 6 | ||||
| Del Norte | 1,535 | 4 | ||||
| Mancos | 1,500 | 4 | $1,375 | |||
| Byers | 1,374 | 6 | ||||
| Elizabeth | 1,360 | 5 | $4,100 | |||
| Indian Hills | 1,354 | 3 | 16 | 9 | ||
| Nederland | 1,352 | 6 | $2,750 | |||
| Springfield | 1,345 | 6 | $1,455 | |||
| Crested Butte | 1,342 | 57 | 44 | 9 | $3,933 | |
| Ellicott | 1,330 | 4 | ||||
| Parachute | 1,290 | 26 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Limon | 1,277 | 6 | ||||
| Loma | 1,220 | 6 | $2,500 | |||
| Paonia | 1,199 | 6 | ||||
| Timnath | 1,195 | 40 | 11 | 6 | $2,693 | |
| Julesburg | 1,184 | 10 | ||||
| Fowler | 1,163 | 5 | ||||
| Dillon | 1,091 | 35 | 18 | 6 | $3,406 | |
| Sanford | 1,088 | 6 | ||||
| Ouray | 1,078 | 8 | ||||
| Fraser | 1,056 | 71 | 45 | 6 | $3,500 | |
| Hotchkiss | 1,039 | 6 | ||||
| Ignacio | 1,022 | 3 | ||||
| Pierce | 999 | 3 | $4,800 | |||
| Gilcrest | 975 | 4 | ||||
| Cripple Creek | 959 | 3 | $1,300 | |||
| Wiggins | 948 | 27 | 5 | $1,395 | ||
| Manassa | 929 | 4 | ||||
| La Jara | 908 | 7 | ||||
| Dolores | 897 | 38 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Cheyenne Wells | 884 | 10 | ||||
| Oak Creek | 874 | 7 | ||||
| La Veta | 851 | 4 | ||||
| Holly | 828 | 2 | ||||
| Haxtun | 817 | 7 | ||||
| Ridgway | 811 | 6 | ||||
| Eads | 784 | 7 | ||||
| Antonito | 773 | 5 | ||||
| Avondale | 744 | 9 | ||||
| Kiowa | 734 | 6 | ||||
| Swink | 732 | 6 | ||||
| San Luis | 731 | 2 | ||||
| Hugo | 711 | 6 | ||||
| Simla | 710 | 7 | ||||
| Fairplay | 708 | 35 | 31 | 4 | $2,775 | |
| Stratton | 688 | 6 | ||||
| Dove Creek | 667 | 6 | ||||
| Calhan | 622 | 5 | $2,500 | |||
| Norwood | 617 | 8 | ||||
| Nucla | 593 | 6 | $1,250 | |||
| Walden | 568 | 5 | ||||
| Collbran | 568 | 4 | ||||
| Silverton | 533 | 10 | ||||
| Flagler | 507 | 7 | ||||
| Aguilar | 506 | 10 | ||||
| Otis | 502 | 6 | ||||
| Walsh | 487 | 9 | ||||
| Blanca | 482 | 3 | ||||
| Westcliffe | 479 | 5 | $1,595 | |||
| Granada | 475 | 5 | $1,507 | |||
| De Beque | 469 | 30 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Deer Trail | 466 | 2 | ||||
| Fleming | 441 | 8 | ||||
| Saguache | 440 | 3 | ||||
| Manzanola | 427 | 5 | ||||
| Sedalia | 415 | 6 | $2,950 | |||
| Lake City | 410 | 10 | ||||
| Wiley | 394 | 7 | ||||
| Morrison | 388 | 38 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Franktown | 371 | 21 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ovid | 323 | 2 | ||||
| Kit Carson | 292 | 9 | ||||
| Merino | 280 | 6 | ||||
| Peyton | 278 | 36 | 14 | 5 | $3,075 | |
| Iliff | 258 | 4 | ||||
| Bethune | 240 | 4 | ||||
| Peetz | 222 | 6 | ||||
| Larkspur | 221 | 5 | ||||
| Cheraw | 213 | 7 | ||||
| Elbert | 207 | 6 | ||||
| Seibert | 165 | 9 | ||||
| Grover | 155 | 10 | ||||
| Weldona | 155 | 5 | ||||
| Divide | 144 | 4 | ||||
| Pritchett | 139 | 4 | ||||
| Crestone | 138 | 8 | ||||
| Moffat | 125 | 7 | ||||
| Black Hawk | 121 | 7 | 1 | 6 | $2,295 | |
| Rye | 116 | 6 | $995 | |||
| Campo | 106 | 10 | ||||
| Vilas | 103 | 4 | ||||
| Idalia | 80 | 7 | ||||
| Sheridan Lake | 73 | 3 | ||||
| Joes | 68 | 10 | ||||
| Kim | 64 | 9 | ||||
| Branson | 63 | 8 | ||||
| Weston | 50 | 7 | ||||
| Cotopaxi | 42 | 4 |
