Alton Tunnel
Alton Tunnel is a quarry in Boulder, Colorado and has an elevation of 8,579 feet. Alton Tunnel is situated nearby to the building Cardinal Mill, as well as near the locality Eldora.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardinal Mill and Barker Reservoir.
Cardinal Mill
Building
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Cardinal Mill is a building, which is situated 3,000 feet west of Alton Tunnel.
Barker Reservoir
Reservoir
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Barker Reservoir is a water supply reservoir in the Colorado Front Range located near the town of Nederland, Colorado in southwestern Boulder County. Barker Dam provides water to a downstream hydroelectric power generating facility, and its reservoir provides water to the city of Boulder, Colorado. Barker Reservoir is situated 2½ miles east of Alton Tunnel.
Gold Miner Hotel
Building
Photo: Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gold Miner Hotel or Goldminer Hotel, at 601 Klondyke Ave. in Eldora, Colorado in Boulder County, Colorado, was built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and the registration's property borders were amended in 2007. Gold Miner Hotel is situated 2 miles southwest of Alton Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nederland and Eldora.
Nederland
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Nederland is a statutory town located near Barker Meadow Reservoir in the foothills of southwest Boulder County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2020 United States census it had a population of 1,471.
Eldora
Locality
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Eldora, previously known as "Eldorado" then "El-Dora", then Eldora or Camp Eldorado, and still called Happy Valley, is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Eldora is situated 2 miles west of Alton Tunnel.
Bonanza Mountain Estates
Hamlet
Bonanza Mountain Estates is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bonanza Mountain Estates is situated 3 miles east of Alton Tunnel.
Alton Tunnel
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.96832° or 39° 58′ 6″ northLongitude
-105.53917° or 105° 32′ 21″ westElevation
8,579 feet (2,615 metres)Open location code
85FPXF96+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 369162959OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Alton Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alton Tunnel”
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