Minnehaha, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 38°50′58″N 104°57′34″W / 38.84944°N 104.95944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | El Paso |
Elevation | 8,347 ft (2,544 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 193440[1] |
Minnehaha is an unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado,[2][3][1] and a siding of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. It is named for a character in The Song of Hiawatha.
It was once a community of rustic summer homes, and the home of the Pikes Peak Alpine Laboratory, a botanical research station founded by Frederic and Edith Clements.[4]