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The recreation area stretches along the Arkansas River for approximately 148 miles (238 kilometers) from Leadville, Colorado to the Pueblo Reservoir near Pueblo West, Colorado. The area includes more than 25 developed recreation sites and fishing easements along the river adjacent to U.S. Highway 24 / U.S. Highway 285 and adjacent to U.S ...
Chalk Creek is a 27.3-mile-long (43.9 km) [2] river flowing east from the Collegiate Peaks mountain range in Chaffee County, Colorado. Mount Antero borders the southern side of the river, while Mount Princeton borders the northern side. The headwaters of the river are located at the Continental Divide.
South Arkansas River is a 24.5-mile-long (39.4 km) [2] tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source near Monarch Pass in the Sawatch Range of southern Colorado. It joins the Arkansas just south of Salida, Colorado .
The Arkansas, Colorado, post office opened on June 16, 1880, but was renamed Salida on March 28, 1881. [10] Salida, meaning "exit" in Spanish, was named on account of its location near the point where the Arkansas River flows out of the valley and into Bighorn Sheep Canyon, upstream from the Royal Gorge. [11]
The pass is widely considered one of the most scenic in Colorado, offering a panoramic view of the southern end of the Sawatch Range from the summit. [3] During the summer, an aerial tram from the parking lot at the summit carries visitors to the top of Monarch Ridge above the pass (at approximately 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above sea level), allowing a wider view of the surrounding peaks.
Hardscrabble Creek is a tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from Custer County, Colorado near Wetmore to its mouth in Fremont County, Colorado, near Florence. [1] It was previously called Rio Peñasco Amarillo. [2] Four Hardscrabble Creek streams are found in the Hardscrabble Mountain and Wetmore area: North Hardscrabble Creek
East Slopes: Hike, class 2 [5] Mount Shavano is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,228.3-foot (4,337 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest , 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north by west ( bearing 350°) of the community of Maysville in Chaffee County, Colorado , United States.
Poncha Pass (9,010 ft; 2,750 m) is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado ().It lies between the San Luis Valley to the south and the valley of the Arkansas River to the north, and is one of the lowest mountain passes in the state. [1]