Bear Canyon Mine

Bear Canyon Mine is a quarry in Las Animas, Colorado and has an elevation of 6,578 feet. Bear Canyon Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Jansen, as well as near the locality Drop City.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5412988
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinidad station and Zion’s German Lutheran Church.

Trinidad station

Railway station

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Trinidad station is a train station in Trinidad, Colorado served by Amtrak. It is served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief line. Trinidad station was originally built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, however it was not built in the Spanish Mission style, as many former Santa Fe Railroad stations were. Trinidad station is situated 2½ miles east of Bear Canyon Mine.

Zion’s German Lutheran Church

Church

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zion's German Lutheran Church is a historic church at 510 Pine Street in Trinidad, Colorado. It was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register in 2006. Zion’s German Lutheran Church is situated 2 miles east of Bear Canyon Mine.

First Methodist Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Trinidad, Colorado, which has also been known as the First United Methodist Church, is a historic church at 216 Broom Street. First Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 2 miles east of Bear Canyon Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jansen and Trinidad.

Jansen

Hamlet

Jansen is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Jansen CDP was 101 at the United States Census 2020. Jansen is situated 2½ miles south of Bear Canyon 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.

Drop City

Locality

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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 4½ miles northeast of Bear Canyon Mine.

Bear Canyon Mine

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

37.18252° or 37° 10′ 57″ north

Longitude

-104.54999° or 104° 32′ 60″ west

Elevation

6,578 feet (2,005 metres)

Open location code

859Q5FM2+22

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369178542

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

GeoNames ID

5412988

Wikidata ID

Q49398755

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In Other Languages

“Bear Canyon Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bear Canyon Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Las Animas County, lat 37,18, long -104,55)”
Cebuano: “Bear Canyon Mine”

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