Space Imaging - Image of the Week Front Range, Colorado This Landsat image covers a large portion of the Front Range of Colorado and the beginning of the Rocky Mountains. The large grayish area to the southwest is Denver.
Boulder appears just above the center of the image.
The Colorado Front Range is the most densely populated area of Colorado, and is the gateway to the Rocky Mountains. With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, Colorado is the nation's highest state. Colorado boasts more than a thousand peaks over 10,000 feet with 54 that rise more than 14,000 feet. Long a barrier to transportation, settlements and cities string along the Front Range. But with the discovery of gold in 1859 near Boulder, and later other minerals, such as silver, lead, and molybdenum, economic development spread across the state.