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U.S. Highway 285 US 285 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 85 Maintained by CDOT Length 263.87 mi (424.66 km) Major junctions South end US 285 at the New Mexico state line Major intersections US 160 in Monte Vista US 50 in Poncha Springs US 24 in Johnson Village US 85 in Sheridan North end I-25 SH 30 in Denver Location Country United States State Colorado Counties ...
Telluride geologic map and location of historic mines Fall colors in Telluride. View from the ski area, 2010. Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. [3] The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains ...
March 25, 1999. Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway—Corley Mountain Highway is a historic district that was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. This is the railroad that was converted to the Corley Mountain Highway. After it was taken over in 1939 by the US Forest Service, it has been called Gold Camp Road.
Relief map of the U.S. State of Colorado. This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado . Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads
The San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway is a 236-mile (380 km) All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States. The byway forms a loop in southwestern Colorado traversing the heart of the San Juan ...
Dallas Divide. / 38.09444°N 107.88833°W / 38.09444; -107.88833. Dallas Divide (el. 8,983 feet (2,738 m)) is a high mountain pass in the United States state of Colorado located on State Highway 62 about 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Ridgway . The pass is a saddle between the San Juan Mountains to the south and the Uncompahgre ...
Telluride Ski Resort is a ski resort located in Mountain Village, southwest Colorado, United States. The resort is located in the northwestern San Juan Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountains, and is home to the highest concentration of 13,000- and 14,000-foot peaks in North America. [ 2] Telluride Ski Resort has over 2,000 skiable acres and ...
2. Taos County, created by the Territory of New Mexico in 1852, was the first organized county to extend into the area of the present State of Colorado. 3. Arapahoe County, created by the Territory of Kansas in 1855, was the first county created exclusively within the area of the present State of Colorado. 4.