Moving from Dallas, TX, to Colorado Springs, CO

From D-Town to smaller Olympic City

Are you ready for life in a smaller city? When moving from Dallas, Texas, a city of over 1.3 million residents, it’s good to be prepared for the laid-back lifestyle in a smaller city. Colorado Springs is home to around 479,000 people. 

Along with fewer people, adjusting to living at a higher elevation is another thing you’ll have to prepare for. Colorado Springs is over 6,000 feet above sea level, while Dallas is only around 500 feet above sea level. 

Prepare for snow

If you’ve been dreaming of snow for the winter, Colorado Springs is an excellent choice to make your home. The city gets around 57 inches of snow annually, with winter lows around 20 degrees, compared to 1 inch of snow in Dallas and lows averaging 36 degrees.  

Summers are milder in Colorado Springs, with highs in the low 80s, compared to highs in the mid-90s in Dallas. You can also expect drier weather with around 18 inches of rain annually, about half what you’re used to from Dallas. 

Mountains and mining history

Colorado Springs has a rich history around the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in the 1850s and 1860s, well before Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876.  

Today, tourism is a major industry, with visitors coming to explore the old mining town located at the base of Pikes Peak and the Southern Rocky Mountains.   

Be sure to check out these attractions: 

  • Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Pikes Peak Summit
  • United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
  • Western Museum of Mining and Industry

10 fun facts about Colorado Springs

Want to learn more about Colorado Springs and get ready for a trivia night at the same time? Check out these fun facts. 

  1. In 1899, Nikola Tesla built an Experimental Station in the city.
  2. More than 200 Somali giraffes have been born at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. 
  3. Colorado Springs was the setting for the popular 1990s television series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, although the show wasn’t filmed on location. 
  4. Many residents refer to the city as “The Springs” rather than its other nickname, “Olympic City.” 
  5. Bicycles are a popular mode of transportation in Colorado Springs. There are over 60 miles of mountain bike trails, 100 miles of bike lanes and 120 miles of paved biking paths. Don’t have a bike? Check out one of the city’s many rental and bike-share options. 
  6. Meet Jolly Old Saint Nicholas at The North Pole—Santa’s Workshop amusement park from May through December every year. 
  7. When General William Jackson Palmer founded the city in 1871, it was initially intended to be a health spa site.  
  8. Colorado Springs was a popular sanatorium location during the late 1800s tuberculosis epidemic. 
  9. The poem and song “America the Beautiful” was inspired by Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs. 
  10. The longest-running women’s film festival, the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, takes place in Colorado Springs every fall. 

Ready to make the trek to Colorado?

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