# Military Bases in Colorado: All 11 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> Colorado has 11 military bases (1.4% of the US), #26 by count and #35 per person. From DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Military Bases in Colorado

Colorado has **11 military bases**: 1.4% of the US total of 767\. That ranks **#26 by count** and **#35 per person** (0.18 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Colorado has 11 military bases, 1.4% of the US total of 767.
* That ranks #26 of 51 by count and #36 per person (0.18 per 100,000 residents).
* California has the most, with 72.
* The largest is Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, at 235,919 acres.
* Source: DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2026.

#35

national rank (per capita)

11

military bases

0.18

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics](https://www.bts.gov/ntad), 2026\. Each active installation at the centre of its boundary, with its branch and its area in acres from the boundary. Large ranges are one dot each. Reserve and National Guard sites count with their branch. Sites the DoD doesn’t publish are not here.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Colorado: 11 rows (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/colorado.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/us.csv)

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## All 11 military bases in Colorado

| #  | Name                                   | Details                  |
| -- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| 1  | Buckley Space Force Base               | Air Force · 3,306 acres  |
| 2  | Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station  | Air Force · 494 acres    |
| 3  | Elmer E Fryar USARC                    | Army Reserve · 7 acres   |
| 4  | Fort Carson                            | Army · 138,147 acres     |
| 5  | Peterson Space Force Base              | Air Force · 1,634 acres  |
| 6  | Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site             | Army · 235,919 acres     |
| 7  | Pueblo Chemical Depot                  | Army · 22,860 acres      |
| 8  | Schriever Space Force Base             | Air Force · 5,430 acres  |
| 9  | The Farish Memorial Recreational Annex | Air Force · 676 acres    |
| 10 | USAF Academy Auxiliary Airfield        | Air Force · 197 acres    |
| 11 | USAF Academy Site 2                    | Air Force · 13,517 acres |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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