Blue Mesa Dam
Blue Mesa Dam is a 390-foot-tall zoned earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado. It creates Blue Mesa Reservoir, and is within Curecanti National Recreation Area just before the river enters the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curecanti National Recreation Area.
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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Curecanti National Recreation Area is in Southwestern Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sapinero.
Sapinero
Village
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Sapinero is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 50, along the shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir in the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Sapinero is situated 2 miles east of Blue Mesa Dam.
Blue Mesa Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Cimarron, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Gunnison, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.45326° or 38° 27′ 12″ northLongitude
-107.33559° or 107° 20′ 8″ westElevation
7,530 feet (2,295 metres)Open location code
85CJFM37+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 121124198OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Blue Mesa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blue Mesa Dam”
- French: “barrage Blue Mesa”
- French: “Barrage Blue Mesa”
- German: “Talsperre Blue Mesa”
- Slovenian: “Blue Mesa Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Блу-Меса”
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