Boulder Gulch

Boulder Gulch is a valley in Hinsdale, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,522 feet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Half Peak and Handies Peak.

Half Peak

Peak

Half Peak is the highest summit of the east central San Juan Mountains in the Rocky Mountains of North America. Half Peak is situated 2 miles south of Boulder Gulch.

Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,056-foot fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles southwest by west of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Handies Peak is situated 2 miles northwest of Boulder Gulch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eureka and Middleton.

Eureka

Hamlet

Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 5 miles west of Boulder Gulch.

Middleton

Hamlet

Middleton is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Its elevation is 9,794 feet. Middleton is situated 6 miles southwest of Boulder Gulch.

Animas Forks

Locality

Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Animas Forks is situated 6 miles northwest of Boulder Gulch.

Boulder Gulch

Type: Valley with an elevation of 10,522 feet
Category: landform
Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.89166° or 37° 53′ 30″ north

Longitude

-107.47339° or 107° 28′ 24″ west

Elevation

10,522 feet (3,207 metres)

Open location code

859JVGRG+MJ

GeoNames ID

5414677

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