
Downtown Denver
10 Denver Random Facts
- Denver was founded during the “Pikes Peak Gold Rush” in 1859
- Denver is 5280 feet above sea level, hence the nickname “Mile-High City”
- Denver is home to over “4,000 acres of traditional parks and parkways (denver.org)
- The Denver Performing Arts Complex is second in size only to New York’s Lincoln Center
- Denver, contrary to popular belief, is flat and sits on the high plains, East of the Rockies
- Coloradans rank as the 3rd most education rank in the USA
- Denver covers 44.7 square miles and is home to approximately 555,000 residents
- Denver ranks first in lowest obesity among adults category in the USA (Trust for America’s Health 2006).
- Denver is 2nd in the nation for “total beer breweries in a city” (Colorado.com)
- Sporting News ranked Denver #5 as “best sports city in the country”
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