Lake George, Colorado

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Coordinates: 38°58′49″N 105°21′28″W / 38.98028, -105.35778
Lake George, Colorado

Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Park^[1]
Elevation ^[1]	7,992 ft (2,436 m)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code^[2]	80827
GNIS feature ID	0191146

Lake George is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States. The Lake George Post Office has the ZIP Code 80827.^[2] It lies along U.S. Route 24 northwest of Colorado Springs, and several miles north of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.^[3]

1 History
2 Geography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

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The town was a railroad stop and was named for the lake in New York. The lake itself freezes mostly solid in the wintertime, which made it ideal for railroad men to cut large blocks of ice from it in order to keep perishables cool. Also related to the town's railroading history, a short walk into the surrounding hills reveals Chinese bread ovens, from the period their labor was imported.

[edit] Geography

Lake George is located at 38°58′49″N, 105°21′28″W (38.980229,-105.357685).

Lake George, the town's eponymous lake

Nearby is Camp Alexander, the Scout camp for Pikes Peak Council, as well as the Elevenmile Reservoir.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ ^a ^b ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (December 28, 2006). Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 40.

[edit] External links

Lake George, Colorado is at coordinates 38°58′49″N 105°21′28″W / 38.980229, -105.357685 (Lake George, Colorado)Coordinates: 38°58′49″N 105°21′28″W / 38.980229, -105.357685 (Lake George, Colorado)

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Park County, Colorado

County seat: Fairplay

Towns	Alma \| Fairplay

Unincorporated communities	Bailey \| Como \| Grant \| Guffey \| Hartsel \| Jefferson \| Lake George \| Shawnee \| Tarryall