Bear Creek Lake
Bear Creek Lake is a reservoir in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,554 feet. Bear Creek Lake is situated nearby to the locality Lakewood, as well as near Rooney Valley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood and Bandimere Speedway.
Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood
Prison
Photo: Chrispiner, Public domain.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Bandimere Speedway
Photo: BUTTON74, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado.
D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School
School building
David S. D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is a public secondary school near Lakewood, Colorado, United States. It is included in the Jefferson County R-1 public school district.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morrison and Ken Caryl.
Morrison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.
Ken Caryl
Locality
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Ken Caryl, commonly known as Ken Caryl Ranch, is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Ken Caryl is situated 5 miles south of Bear Creek Lake.
Lakewood
Photo: Buaidh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lakewood is a city of about 160,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies in Jefferson County, immediately west of Denver and east of the Front Range foothills.
Bear Creek Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.65055° or 39° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
-105.1436° or 105° 8′ 37″ westElevation
5,554 feet (1,693 metres)Open location code
85FPMV24+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 40583826OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5413043
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