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  2. Curecanti National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Blue Mesa Reservoir from the air. Created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam in 1966, Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water. Fed by the Lake Fork Arm of the Gunnison River, Soap Creek, and Cebolla Creek, the long, broad lake is 20 miles (32 km) long, has 96 miles (154 km) of shoreline, and is the largest Lake Trout and Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.

  3. Morrow Point Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Morrow Point Reservoir is an 817-acre (331 ha) artificial reservoir on the Gunnison River in western Colorado.Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the lake was created in 1968 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of a larger plan to impound the upper section of the Gunnison and create opportunities for hydroelectric power generation, water conservation, and recreation. [1]

  4. Morrow Point Dam - Wikipedia

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    Morrow Point Dam is a 468-foot-tall (143 m) concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River located in Colorado, the first dam of its type built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison, it creates Morrow Point Reservoir, and is within the National Park Service-operated Curecanti National Recreation Area.

  5. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Wikipedia

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    Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a national park of the United States located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service.There are two primary entrances to the park: the south rim entrance is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is 11 miles (18 km) south of Crawford and is closed in the winter.

  6. Crystal Dam - Wikipedia

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    Crystal Dam is a 323-foot-tall (98 m), double-curvature, concrete, thin arch dam located 6 miles downstream from Morrow Point Dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado, United States. Crystal Dam is the newest of the three dams in Curecanti National Recreation Area; construction on the dam was finished in 1976.

  7. Gunnison, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. [1] [6] The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States Census. [3] The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. [7]

  8. Crystal Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Crystal Reservoir is a 340-acre artificial reservoir on the Gunnison River in western Colorado.Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the lake was created in 1976 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of a larger plan to impound the upper section of the Gunnison for the generation of hydroelectric power, water storage, and public recreation.

  9. The Castles (Colorado) - Wikipedia

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    The landform is located 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Gunnison in the West Elk Wilderness on land managed by Gunnison National Forest. These 500-ft high pillars are the signature landmark of the West Elk Wilderness, [ 4 ] and are one of Colorado's most unique rock formations. [ 5 ]

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