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The St. Joseph Bridge a.k.a. the Lost Pratt Pony Truss Bridge built in 1912 over the Little Colorado River in Joseph City, Arizona. The Little Colorado River, also known as the Flax River, and the first Rio Chiquito, is depicted and labelled as such on a map compiled by Lt. Joseph C. Ives and published in the official volumes of those expeditions.
There are three popular campsites at Nankoweap for river trips. A steep trail up a nearby talus slope leads to Ancestral Puebloan granaries. This is also where the Nankoweap Trail reaches the river. Mile 56.3 – Kwagunt Rapid (5) Mile 60.1 – 60 Mile Rapid (4) Mile 61.7 – Little Colorado River Confluence. Mile 65.1 – Carbon Creek
Marble Canyon is the site of one of the last great proposed dam projects on the Colorado, the Marble Canyon Dam. Proposed and investigated in the early 1950s by the United States Bureau of Reclamation , [ 1 ] the proposal met substantial opposition, notably from the Sierra Club , when a revived proposal was considered by the state of Arizona as ...
The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor tributaries of the Colorado River branch off from the main river and from each other. (Source-upstream) Fraser River; Muddy Creek; Blue River. Snake River; Tenmile Creek; Piney River; Eagle River. Gore Creek; Roaring Fork River. Fryingpan River; Crystal River; Plateau ...
The Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway is an 80-mile (129 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Eagle and Grand counties, Colorado, US. The byway follows the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake down to State Bridge .
The closest road, Grand Falls Road, crosses the floor of the Little Colorado River and at times during the year, only a four-wheel-drive vehicle can traverse it. The falls are dormant for months of the year and reduced to only a drip. To access the falls a passenger car can reach the south side of the river.
The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States national recreation area located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central Colorado adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park. ANRA is under the jurisdiction of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest. ANRA contains five lakes in the upper Colorado River Valley: Lake ...
Colorado National Natural Landmarks (clickable map) There are 17 National Natural Landmarks in U.S. state of Colorado , one of which extends into Wyoming . They cover areas of geological, biological and historical importance, and include lakes, mountains, rock formations and numerous fossil sites.