Baldy Coal Mine

Baldy Coal Mine is a quarry in Las Animas, Colorado and has an elevation of 6,841 feet. Baldy Coal Mine is situated nearby to the locality Drop City, as well as near the hamlet El Moro.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drop City and El Moro.

Drop City

Locality

Photo: Richertc, Public domain.

Drop City was a counterculture artists' community that formed near the town of Trinidad in southern Colorado in 1960. Abandoned by 1979, Drop City became known as the first rural "hippie commune". Drop City is situated 2½ miles southeast of Baldy Coal Mine.

El Moro

Hamlet

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.

El Moro is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population of the El Moro CDP was 216 at the United States Census 2020. El Moro is situated 3½ miles southeast of Baldy Coal Mine.

Trinidad

Photo: Ori.livneh, Public domain.

Trinidad is a city in Colorado. Formerly home of the famous Prairie Land and Cattle Company, it was one of the towns where travelers raised hell in the Old West.

Baldy Coal Mine

Categories: mine, historic site, and industry
Location: Las Animas, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.24363° or 37° 14′ 37″ north

Longitude

-104.52304° or 104° 31′ 23″ west

Elevation

6,841 feet (2,085 metres)

Open location code

859Q6FVG+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369165280

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

GeoNames ID

5412606

Wikidata ID

Q49398322

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In Other Languages

“Baldy Coal Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Baldy Coal Mine”

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