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The Roan Plateau is a plateau in western Colorado, USA, in Garfield County. [1] It contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain: high ridges, deep valleys, desert lands, waterfalls, cutthroat trout, mountain lions, bears, rare plants, and oil and natural gas.
Rifle is a home-rule municipality in, and the most populous community of, Garfield County, Colorado, United States.Its population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. [7] Rifle is a regional center of the cattle-ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town.
Silt is located on the north side of the Colorado River about 175 miles (282 km) west of Denver. Interstate 70 passes through the town as it follows the river, with access from Exit 97. Glenwood Springs, the county seat, is 19 miles (31 km) to the east, and Rifle is 7 miles (11 km) to the west.
The county is home to multiple campuses of Colorado Mountain College, a community college serving much of western Colorado. CMC operates a flagship residential campus at Spring Valley in the community of Cattle Creek, just south of Glenwood Springs. Additional branch campuses in Garfield County are located in Glenwood Springs, Rifle, and ...
The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado state capital, is only the 170th highest of the 273 Colorado municipalities. While the Town of Holly, Colorado is the lowest municipality in Colorado, it is higher than the high-points of 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
US-6 joins I-70 5 miles (8 km) to the east at Chacra and 17 miles (27 km) to the west at a point west of Rifle. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2), of which 2.7 square miles (6.9 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 1.21%, is water. [10]
Lions Park Circle – Visitor Info, Rest Area: North end of state maintenance: 0.545: 0.877: US 6 east (Centennial Parkway) Southern end of US 6 concurrency: 1.059: 1.704: US 6 west to I-70 west – Grand Junction: South end of state maintenance; northern end of US 6 concurrency 4.114: 6.621: SH 325 north – Rifle Falls, Rifle Mountain Park
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