Bankers Tunnel
Bankers Tunnel is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,352 feet. Bankers Tunnel is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Bird, as well as near the mountain saddle Imogene Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imogene Pass.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado. Imogene Pass is situated 2 miles southwest of Bankers Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bankers Tunnel.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bankers Tunnel.
Bankers Tunnel
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.95722° or 37° 57′ 26″ northLongitude
-107.71867° or 107° 43′ 7″ westElevation
11,352 feet (3,460 metres)Open location code
859JX74J+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 369164285OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Bankers Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bankers Tunnel”
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