THE MANITOU SPRINGS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Foothill Shrublands setting.
Manitou Springs city has 3.15 square miles of land in El Paso County. Its Census reference point is in Foothill Shrublands, within Southern Rockies.
Steep mountains rise through distinct vegetation bands, from lower grass and shrub country to conifers and alpine terrain. Elevation is a defining difference across Southern Rocky Mountain landscapes.
Regional context: Southern Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Manitou Springs and El Paso County
Manitou Springs is associated with El Paso County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Manitou Springs by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Manitou Springs, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.1% recorded for El Paso County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manitou Springs city has 23.6% of the land area of nearby Cascade-Chipita Park CDP (13.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

