Cañon City

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city municipality

Cañon City is a small Colorado city known for its proximity to the Royal Gorge, outdoor recreation, and historic downtown along the Arkansas River.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Canon City, Colorado 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Fremont County ⓘ
foundedAs mining and agricultural community ⓘ
governingBody Cañon City Council ⓘ
hasAlternateSpelling Canon City ⓘ
hasAttraction Museum of Colorado Prisons ⓘ
Royal Gorge ⓘ
surface form: Royal Gorge Bridge and Park

Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center ⓘ
Royal Gorge Route Railroad ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity corrections industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo ⓘ
surface form: Arkansas Riverwalk

historic downtown district ⓘ
hasGovernmentType home rule municipality ⓘ
hasHistoricResource Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility ⓘ
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
surface form: Federal Correctional Institution Florence

United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
surface form: United States Penitentiary Florence High
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Royal Gorge ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Sangre de Cristo Range (regionally nearby)
hasNearbyProtectedArea Royal Gorge ⓘ
surface form: Royal Gorge Park

Temple Canyon Park ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 81212 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Fremont County ⓘ
isTouristDestinationFor Royal Gorge ⓘ
surface form: Royal Gorge area
knownFor Royal Gorge Route Railroad ⓘ
historic downtown ⓘ
nearby Royal Gorge Bridge ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
proximity to the Royal Gorge ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedInRegion Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
surface form: Front Range Urban Corridor (southern extent)

southern Colorado ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Arkansas River ⓘ
nameMeaning Canyon City in English ⓘ
offersActivity fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
scenic train rides ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
partOf Arkansas River region ⓘ
surface form: Royal Gorge Region
state Colorado ⓘ
transportation served by U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Front Range Urban Corridor → hasCity → Cañon City ⓘ
Southern Colorado → hasCity → Cañon City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canon City, Colorado