Who needs to travel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy land to experience Middle Earth when we can do it right here in Colorado?
In fact, this toponymic map we located takes Colorado’s best topographic features…
Imgur …and makes no fuss about renaming some of Colorado’s most notable bumps, peaks, ridges and valleys to more fantasy-like names. Take a look and see if you can find your hometown in this Middle Earth map of Colorado.
Colorado’s diverse geography makes the Centennial State the perfect spot to recreate Tolkien’s fantasy land.
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Wikimedia Commons/Hogs555
Flickr/Bryce Bradford
With everything from alpine mountains, arid plains, deserts, colossal rock formations, deep canyons, deep forests and all the rivers and lakes, it’s easy to see how someone creative would turn Colorado into a Middle Earth fantasy colony named “Reddish Land.”
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…and makes no fuss about renaming some of Colorado’s most notable bumps, peaks, ridges and valleys to more fantasy-like names. Take a look and see if you can find your hometown in this Middle Earth map of Colorado.
Wikimedia Commons/Hogs555
Flickr/Bryce Bradford
Oh Colorado, how we so love your versatility! You can change your name to “Reddish Land” if you want, as long as you never change anything else about this great state.
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