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Brown's Park or Browns Park, originally called Brown's Hole, is an isolated mountain valley along the Green River in Moffat County, Colorado and Daggett County, Utah in the United States. [1] The valley begins in far eastern Utah, approximately 25 miles (40 km) downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam , and follows the river downstream into Colorado ...
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States. This is a list of some notable ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. A ghost town is a former community that now has no year-round residents or less than 1% of its peak population. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist.
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 borders of Colorado are now officially defined by 697 boundary markers connected by straight boundary lines. [3] Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah are the only states that have their borders defined solely by straight boundary lines with no natural features. [4] The southwest corner of Colorado is the Four Corners Monument at 36°59'56"N, 109°2 ...
Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...
This list of prehistoric sites in the U.S. State of Colorado includes historical and archaeological sites of humans from their earliest times in Colorado to just before the Colorado historic period, which ranges from about 12,000 BC to AD 19th century. The Period is defined by the culture enjoyed at the time, from the earliest hunter-gatherers ...
It is the 12th-highest summit in Custer County, [5] and the 255th-highest in Colorado. [3] The mountain is located 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of the town of Westcliffe in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness , on land managed by San Isabel National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest . [ 2 ]
Pagosa Peak, elevation 12,658 feet (3,858 meters), is a summit in the San Juan Mountains in Mineral County, Colorado, north of Pagosa Springs. [1] The mountain lies in the Weminuche Wilderness and the San Juan National Forest. Pagosa Peak is visible from Pagosa Springs and serves as a landmark.