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Ouray geologic map and location of historic mines View of Ouray in 2016. Ouray is located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. It is about 40 miles (64 km) south of Montrose. It is only 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Telluride, but due to the severity of the landscape, the drive is about 50 miles (80 km).
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 14,153-foot (4313.93 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west by south (bearing 256°) of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar ... Ouray County, Colorado; Red Mountain Town, Colorado; Ridgway, Colorado ... Map of Colorado highlighting ...
The Mount Sneffels Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the town of Ouray . The area is named for Mt. Sneffels , which at 14,150 feet (4,310 m) is a prominent fourteener in the San Juan Mountains .
Ouray County was formed out of San Juan County on January 18, 1877, making Ouray County the first county designated by the newly formed Colorado General Assembly.It was named for Chief Ouray, a distinguished leader of the Ute tribe, as was the municipality of Ouray, which was designated its county seat on March 8, 1877.
The Ouray Historic District, in Ouray, Colorado, is a 114-acre (0.46 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] Many of the commercial buildings are Italianate in style; [ 2 ] many residences are Victorian .
Abrams Mountain, also known as Mount Abram or Mount Abrams, is a 12,801-foot-elevation (3,902-meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary of Ouray County with San Juan County in southwest Colorado, United States. [3] [4] It is situated four miles south of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest.
Twin Peaks is situated one mile west overlooking of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. [1] It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subrange of the San Juan Mountains.