Big Horn Gulch
Big Horn Gulch is a valley in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,433 feet. Big Horn Gulch is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
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 4½ miles northeast of Big Horn Gulch.
Tomboy
Locality
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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 4½ miles northwest of Big Horn Gulch.
Pandora
Hamlet
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Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 5 miles northwest of Big Horn Gulch.
Big Horn Gulch
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 10,433 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.88055° or 37° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
-107.72173° or 107° 43′ 18″ westElevation
10,433 feet (3,180 metres)Open location code
859JV7JH+68GeoNames ID
5413760
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