Cheyenne Creek

This article is about the creek in Colorado. For the stream in South Dakota, see Cheyenne Creek (South Dakota).
Not to be confused with Cheyenne River.
Helen Hunt Falls, through which Cheyenne Creek flows
The crest of Silver Cascade Falls at dawn. The water running over Silver Cascade originates in Buffalo Canyon, passing over St. Mary's Falls and Silver Cascade Falls before merging with North Cheyenne Creek down stream of Helen Hunt Falls.

Cheyenne Creek is a stream in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at 5,920 feet (1,800 m) in elevation.[1] The stream is fed by the North Cheyenne Creek and South Cheyenne Creek and flows into Fountain Creek near Nevada Avenue, between Interstate 25 and the Pikes Peak Greenway trail.[1][2] North Cheyenne Creek and South Cheyenne Creek flow through Teller and El Paso Counties. The source of South Cheyenne Creek is Mount Big Chief,[3][4][5] near St. Peter's Dome,[6] and it flows to Seven Falls.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Cheyenne Creek". US Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior. October 13, 1978. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Search: Coordinates from the source of Cheyenne Creek to its mouth". Google maps. January 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Samuel Stinson Gannett; David Henry Baldwin (1906). Results of Spirit Leveling in Pennsylvania for the Years 1899 to 1905 Inclusive. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 42. 122, 158.
  4. ^ "North Cheyenne Creek". US Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior. October 13, 1978. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  5. ^ "North Cheyenne Creek". US Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior. October 13, 1978. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "Cheyenne District (St. Peter's Dome District)". Western Mining History. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Colorado, a Guide to the Highest State,. Best Books on Federal Writers' Project. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-62376-006-9.