Denver is nicknamed “The Mile-High City” because its official elevation, measured on the fifteenth step of the state capitol building’s west side, is one statute mile (5,280 feet or 1,609 meters) above sea level. Its high elevation provides many Denver homes with spectacular views of the city, mountains and plains. Also, a row of seats in the upper deck of Coors Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies (NL), is marked in purple (one of the team’s colors) to indicate that the row is one mile above sea level. The city’s elevation, as surveyed at Denver International Airport, is 5,431 ft (1,655 m).
Denver has also been known historically as the Queen City of the Plains because of its important role in the agricultural industry of the plains regions along the foothills of the Front Range. Several US Navy ships have been named USS Denver in honor of the city.
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