Cheyenne Springs - Manitou Springs, CO - Natural Springs on Waymarking.com

"Cheyenne Spring is a natural, sweet soda spring, from limestone aquifers a mile deep and believed to be 20,000 years old.

Rainwater and snowmelt from Pikes Peak and surrounding mountains soak into rock fractures. As the water penetrates to great depth, it becomes heated and mineralized. The warm water naturally flows up the Ute Pass fault zone and into cavernous limestone where it becomes carbonated. The water issues from numerous springs and from wells drilled into the limestone aquifer. Because the water takes thousands of years to complete its journey from the mountain sources to the Manitou springs, it is totally free of industrial and atmospheric contamination. Unlike most other mineralized springs, these waters are cool and pleasant to drink. each spring has a distinctive flavor because of the minerals that the water picks up as it passes through limestone and dolomite caverns.

Centuries ago, the great tribes of the plains and mountain Indians paid homage to the healing and spiritual powers of the mineral springs. They believed the medicinal waters were a gift from the Great Spirit Manitou.

In the late 1880's developers created the resort of Manitou Springs to provide the popular water therapies. Cultural and medical traditions brought prosperity." (from (visit link)

Public or Private Land?: Public Public Land Fees?: 0 Private Land access?: Not on private land.

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