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Woodland Park Information

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Welcome sign in Woodland Park

Woodland Park, Colorado is known as the "City Above the Clouds." At an elevation of 8,465 feet above sea level, Woodland Park is truly a high-mountain paradise. Boasting an average of 330 days of sunshine annually, Woodland Park is a short 17 miles from the city of Colorado Springs.

For that matter, Woodland Park is a short 35 minutes from Cripple Creek (an old mining town that now features limited stakes gaming), about 1 ½ hours from Breckenridge Ski Area, 25 minutes from Mueller State Park, 35 minutes from the Colorado Springs Airport (which has direct flights to all major cities), 35 minutes from The Air Force Academy and Fort Carson, and 10 minutes away from the Pikes Peak Toll Road.

Collage of Teller County images

While Woodland Park isn´t the county seat of Teller County, it is the most populated town with about 7,500 residents. Woodland Park offers many of the amenities you would find in a small city, while maintaining its secluded and picturesque appeal. There are numerous restaurants, shops, gyms, banks, coffee houses, bars, supermarkets, salons, churches, and drugstores. We even have our own Dinosaur Museum!

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Woodland Park is also the center of the RE-2 School District, and hosts Woodland Park High School, Woodland Park Middle School, Gateway Elementary School, and Columbine Elementary School. For you history buffs, Teller County was formed from portions of El Paso and Fremont counties and officially became Teller County on March 23rd, 1899. Before 1890 most of what is now Teller County was uninhabited-- an area that people traveled through to get somewhere else.

Pikes Peak

This area was known mostly for the old Ute Pass Trail which was an important route because it offered passage through the front range of the Rockies for Indians, buffalo, explorers, prospectors, and cowboys and their cattle. The first permanent settlement in Teller County occurred around 1870 and was at the summit of the Ute Trail in what is now Divide. After having many names, like Rhyolite, Belleview and Theodore, Divide stuck because the Arkansas and South Platte watershed divide in this area.

Woodland Park Library

As the tracks of the Colorado Midland Railroad neared Divide in 1887 boarding houses, saloons and restaurants sprang up to meet the demand of railroad workers. Woodland Park, originally called Manitou Park, was laid out along the Midland Railroad tracks and was quickly discovered by tuberculosis patients looking for a place to recover. The town became a popular spot for tourists and passengers on the train when the new hotel, Harvey House, was opened in 1890.

At that time there were 120 residents in Woodland Park. If you were to ask the average resident their feelings about Woodland Park, you will find that one word is used time and time again. That word is, "Home." Speaking as a resident, I can imagine living in other places-but I would never really want to. Clean air, mild weather, and stunning beauty truly make Woodland Park a community of which I am privileged to be a member. Let me help you find your Dream Home!

Comments (7)

Keith Elliott Jr
KEIRE Realty Group - Manassas, VA
Principal Broker/Owner

Hi Keli,

Welcome to Active Rain and congratulations on your first post! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to you!

-Keith

Jun 10, 2009 03:57 PM
The Trumm Team Omaha Homes for Sale, Real Estate
Keller Williams Greater Omaha - Omaha, NE

Welcome to ActiveRain!

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Troy Trumm, Trumm Team, Omaha NE

Jun 11, 2009 12:28 AM
Yvette Gardner
Keller Williams Realty, Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to the Active Rain community and congratulations on your first post. This is a great site with lots of information.  Have fun with it and hope to see more of your blogs soon.

Jun 11, 2009 05:14 AM
Jean Terry
Keller Williams Realty Spartanburg, S.C. - Spartanburg, SC

Hi and welcome to Active Rain, a great site to network, share, learn, and have fun. Good luck. And if you ever need an agent in the upstate of South Carolina, please call me.

Jun 11, 2009 03:48 PM
Sergio Rebollo Jr.
Real Estate TeamMates - Miami, FL

Keli....Welcome to ActiveRain.  This is a great community to network with others as well a great place to learn from other's experiences and knowledge.  I've enjoyed it; I hope you enjoy it as well.

Jun 14, 2009 09:20 AM
Kirk Westervelt
Van West Realty - Greenville, SC Realtor -Short Sale Expert! - Greenville, SC
Kirk Westervelt, Broker In Charge, Van West Realty - CDPE - Short Sale Agent - Home for Sale - Greenville, Simpsonvil...

Hello and welcome to Active Rain! I encourage you to learn from others, share your knowledge and experiences with all of us, enjoy yourself, and try to log in and join us in the Active Rain community as frequently as possible. I look forward to your future blogs and comments! Take care, --Kirk.

Jul 04, 2009 05:11 PM
Anonymous
Russell Patterson

Very good. But I would like to point out that the RE-2 school district also contains Summit Elementary School.

Nov 27, 2011 11:38 AM
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