Cripple Creek topographic map

Name: Cripple Creek topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, 80081, United States of America (38.73050 -105.20831 38.75981 -105.16776)

Average elevation: 2,946 m

Minimum elevation: 2,796 m

Maximum elevation: 3,165 m

For many years, Cripple Creek's high valley, at an elevation of 9,494 feet (2,894 m), was considered no more important than a cattle pasture. Many prospectors avoided the area after the Mount Pisgah hoax, a mini gold rush caused by salting (adding gold to worthless rock).