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Dillon Reservoir and Dillon Dam, with boaters in the summer, as seen from Sapphire Point. During ski season, thousands of people flock to the Dillon Reservoir area, since it is close to four ski resorts. Keystone Ski Resort is a large tourist destination that is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) away.
A photo of the Dillon Reservoir which the park surrounds. Dillon State Park encompasses 2,285 acres along the Licking River in Nashport, Ohio. [1] Black Hand Sandstone in Dillon State Park has resulted in the park having a wide variety of natural features, including wooded hills and scenic valleys. [2]
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.
North of Dillon, the river flows north-northwest along the eastern slope of the Gore Range and joins the Colorado River at Kremmling. [ 7 ] The Green Mountain Dam , 13 miles (21 km) upstream from Kremmling, forms the Green Mountain Reservoir , providing hydroelectric power and diversionary water for irrigation , as part of the Colorado-Big ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Tenmile Creek (also called Ten Mile Creek) is a stream in Summit County, Colorado.It rises above the Copper Mountain Ski Resort and follows alongside Interstate 70 for several miles before emptying into Dillon Reservoir.
The elevation of the dam crest is 5,578 feet (1,700 m). The reservoir has a total capacity of 325,324 acre-feet (401,281,000 m 3), and when full has a surface area of 5,903 acres (23.89 km 2). Construction of the dam and reservoir required the relocation of U.S. Route 91 (rebuilt as Interstate 15) and a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Fishhook Island is a small island in Summit County, Colorado in the Dillon Reservoir. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It appears on a 1970 USGS map of the area, along with Silver Dollar Island and Sentinel Island . [ 3 ]