Belden
Belden is an extinct town located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at at an elevation of 9,646 feet. The community was named after D. D. Belden, the proprietor of a local mine. Belden never had a post office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Belden, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Red Cliff Bridge.
Red Cliff Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Red Cliff Bridge also called the Green Bridge or originally called the "Silver Bridge" by locals for its original silver color before being re-painted green as it remains today, is a cantilevered steel arch bridge located about 0.5 mi southwest of the town of Red Cliff, Colorado, one of Colorado's iconic bridges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilman and Red Cliff.
Gilman
Hamlet
Photo: Canyoon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The Gilman post office operated from November 3, 1886, until April 22, 1986.
Red Cliff
Village
Photo: Alan Stark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vail is a U.S. ski resort town set in the Rocky Mountains. Vail is located in the Northwestern region of the state of Colorado. It is 100 miles west of Denver and 35 miles east of Eagle.
Minturn
Village
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minturn is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,033 at the 2020 United States census. Minturn is situated 5 miles northwest of Belden.
Belden
- Categories: former settlement and locality
- Location: Eagle, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.52554° or 39° 31′ 32″ northLongitude
-106.38614° or 106° 23′ 10″ westElevation
9,646 feet (2,940 metres)Open location code
85FMGJG7+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 151534686OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belden”. Photo: mark gallagher, CC BY 2.0.