Bobtail Tunnel

Bobtail Tunnel is an adit in , and has an elevation of 9,596 feet. Bobtail Tunnel is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the waterfall .
  • Type: Adit
  • Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Imogene Pass.

Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking . Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the in the southwest part of the state of . It crosses a ridge connecting with , and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in . is situated 2 miles east of Bobtail Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pandora and Tomboy.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of in . was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ghost town in , United States. was a mining town located 2 mi east of . At an elevation of 11,509 ft, is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States.

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
is in the southern approximately 100 miles from , the intersection of , , , and . is home to the Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Bobtail Tunnel

Latitude
37.93138° or 37° 55′ 53″ north
Longitude
-107.7734° or 107° 46′ 24″ west
Elevation
9,596 feet (2,925 metres)
Open location code
859JW6JG+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369164047
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­adit
Geo­Names ID
5414459
Wiki­data ID
Q49401298
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In Other Languages

“Bobtail Tunnel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bobtail Tunnel”

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