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An enlargeable map of the State of Colorado. ... Emerald Lake (San Juan National ... Silver Jack Reservoir in Gunnison County, Colorado; Sloan's Lake in Denver, ...
East River is a 38.3-mile-long (61.6 km) [2] stream in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It flows south from Emerald Lake in the Maroon Bells Wilderness to a confluence with the Taylor River that forms the Gunnison River.
Emerald Lake is an alpine lake in Hinsdale County, Colorado, located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest near the Continental Divide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Lake can be accessed by the Lake Fork trail #528. [ 3 ]
Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 1,639 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] A former coal mining town nestled in the Slate River Valley, Crested Butte is now known as a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and outdoor activities.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, June 2016. The Gunnison River is formed by the confluence of the Taylor and East rivers at Almont in eastern Gunnison County, Colorado.Just past the town of Gunnison, the river begins to swell into the expanse of Blue Mesa Reservoir, a 36-mile-long (58 km) reservoir formed by Blue Mesa Dam, where it receives the Lake Fork of the Gunnison.
Blue Mesa Reservoir from the air. Created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam in 1966, Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water. Fed by the Lake Fork Arm of the Gunnison River, Soap Creek, and Cebolla Creek, the long, broad lake is 20 miles (32 km) long, has 96 miles (154 km) of shoreline, and is the largest Lake Trout and Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.
The mountain ranks as the 34th-highest peak in Gunnison County. [1] The peak is located seven miles (11 km) north-northeast of Taylor Park Reservoir in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness , on land managed by Gunnison National Forest .
Crested Butte is a prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 12,168-foot (3,709 m) peak is in Gunnison National Forest, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast by east (bearing 59°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.