Rock Creek Park is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and a
census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by
El Paso County,
Colorado
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,
United States
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. The CDP is a part of the
Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
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. The population of the Rock Creek Park CDP was 68 at the
United States Census 2020.
The
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous c ...
post office
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(
Zip Code 80926) serves the area.
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]
Geography
Rock Creek Park is located on Colorado State Highway 115
State Highway 115 (SH 115) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. SH 115's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 (US 50) interchange in northern Cañon City, and the northern terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25), US 24 and ...
south of Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Cheyenne Mountain State Park is a Colorado state park that was acquired in June 2000 through a partnership between the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado State Parks, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), Colorado Lottery, El Paso County, and other l ...
.
The Rock Creek Park CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
Attractions
* May Natural History Museum
*The May Museum of Space Exploration
See also
*South Central Colorado Urban Area
The South Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area in the central and south central region of the Stat ...
*Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, ...
References
External links
El Paso County website
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Census-designated places in El Paso County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado