Pulpit Rock Park - Colorado Springs, CO
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condor1
N 38° 55.117 W 104° 48.831
13S E 516137 N 4307761
Pulpit Rock Park is located in the northwest part of Colorado Springs and is part of the Austin Bluffs chain of Open Space parcels mostly left in their natural state.
Waymark Code: WM6403
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2009
Views: 8
From winding paved greenways to difficult single track trails, Austin Bluffs Open Space (Pulpit Rock Park) section offers spectacular trails and views mixed with wildlife in the heart of Colorado Springs. If you take the entire desgnated trail system just in the park, this does not include the social trails, they encompass about 10 miles. Add another 1/2 mile of steep zigzag climbing if you go up to the actual Pulpit Rock pillar. I recommend this climb as the view are spectacular from the Rock.
Once the Houck Estate, this was one of the earliest open spaces preserved through the City’s TOPS program. A new segment of the University Park Trail has been built down from Rockhurst at the entrance to University Park. Trails connect both Austin Bluffs Park
and Pulpit Rock Park through UCCS property.
(It’s OK to use their trails.)
Pulpit Rock towers over I-25 providing a spectacular rock formation on one of the City’s open spaces.
To access the Pulpit Rock area, take Nevada north just about as far as you can go. Park at the trailhead adjacent to the Utilities
Substation.
Pulpit Rock is a mountain pillar in El Paso County and climbs to over 6,532 feet and towers about 300 feet above the surrounding park.
Name: Pulpit Rock Park
Street Location: North end of N. Nevada Ave.
Local Municipality: Colorado Springs
State/Province, etc.: Colorado
Country: United States
Web Site: [Web Link]
Recreational Facilities:
Hiking Trails
Biking Trails
Rock Climbing
Restrictions:
Motorized Vehicles
Traditional Geocaches:
Let Sleeping Giant Lie (GCW39D)
Howl at the Moon (Mystery)(GC13PDM)
Jennifer's Cache (2 Leg Multi)(GC11D4)
Pig in a Blanket (GCW796)
Pulpit Rock Cache (Virtual)(GC2C9C)
Pulpit Rock Fallen Hero Cache (GC1J720)
Guns Up (Mystery)(GC1KXG3)
PD's KamoTater (GC1DWND)
PD's Up a Tree (GCTZJK)
Memorial/Commemoration: Not listed
Date Established: Not listed
Picnic Facilities: Not listed
Monuments/Statues: Not listed
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed
Special Events: Not listed
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