Broad Dam
Broad Dam is a dam in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,584 feet. Broad Dam is situated nearby to the peak North Table Mountain, as well as near the village Leyden.Photo: Kafkaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Table Mountain and Wheat Ridge/Ward station.
North Table Mountain
Peak
Photo: Rick Kimpel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Table Mountain is a mesa on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 6,555-foot mesa summit is located in North Table Mountain Park, 3.4 miles north by east of downtown Golden, Colorado, United States, in Jefferson County. North Table Mountain is situated 2 miles southwest of Broad Dam.
Wheat Ridge/Ward station
Railway station
Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wheat Ridge/Ward station is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station and terminus of the G Line. It opened on April 26, 2019, along with the rest of the G Line, three years after its initially planned October 2016 opening. Wheat Ridge/Ward station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Broad Dam.
Arvada West High School
School
Arvada West High School, nicknamed A-West, is a public secondary school in Arvada, Colorado, United States. Opened in 1963, it is one of four high schools in Arvada. It is part of the Jefferson County School District. Arvada West High School is situated 2 miles east of Broad Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leyden and Arvada.
Leyden
Village
Leyden, Colorado, elevation 5,656 feet is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado west of Arvada at the junction of West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Street. Leyden is situated 2½ miles north of Broad Dam.
Arvada
Photo: UltraSparky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arvada is a city of about 125,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. A former farming community in Jefferson and Adams counties, the city is now a residential suburb of Denver.
Golden
Photo: Alan Levine, CC BY 2.0.
Golden is a city in the Denver Area of Colorado. It sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and distance-wise is roughly halfway between the cities of Boulder and Denver.
Broad Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.80777° or 39° 48′ 28″ northLongitude
-105.16733° or 105° 10′ 2″ westElevation
5,584 feet (1,702 metres)Open location code
85FPRR5M+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 358940466OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Broad Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Broad Dam”
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