Baldwin Lake

Baldwin Lake is in Chaffee, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,067 feet. Baldwin Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Alpine, as well as near Saint Elmo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cronin Peak and Carbonate Mountain.

Cronin Peak

Peak

Photo: Jbsco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles southwest by west of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

Carbonate Mountain

Peak

Photo: Jbsco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carbonate Mountain is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,670-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 5.4 miles north of the community of Garfield in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Carbonate Mountain is situated 2½ miles southeast of Baldwin Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alpine and Saint Elmo.

Alpine

Hamlet

Alpine is a small community, sometimes considered a ghost town, in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It was founded as a mining town. The Alpine post office operated from October 26, 1874, until June 30, 1904. Alpine is situated 4 miles north of Baldwin Lake.

Saint Elmo

Hamlet

Photo: Dk4hb, Public domain.

Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet. Saint Elmo is situated 4 miles northwest of Baldwin Lake.

Baldwin Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.65764° or 38° 39′ 28″ north

Longitude

-106.30459° or 106° 18′ 17″ west

Elevation

12,067 feet (3,678 metres)

Open location code

85CMMM5W+35

OpenStreetMap ID

way 46217931

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5412595

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