Carbon Mountain Pit
Carbon Mountain Pit is a quarry in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,738 feet. Carbon Mountain Pit is situated nearby to Morrison Natural History Museum, as well as near the hamlet Idledale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morrison Natural History Museum and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Morrison Natural History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Morrison Natural History Museum is a natural history museum located in Morrison, Colorado. The exhibits include several dinosaur fossils that were found nearby. Morrison Natural History Museum is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Carbon Mountain Pit.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Theater building
Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater in the western United States near Morrison, Colorado, approximately ten miles southwest of Denver. It is owned and operated by the city of Denver. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Carbon Mountain Pit.
Bandimere Speedway
Photo: BUTTON74, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado. Bandimere Speedway is situated 1 mile north of Carbon Mountain Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morrison and Idledale.
Morrison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.
Idledale
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 3 miles west of Carbon Mountain Pit.
Indian Hills
Locality
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Indian Hills is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Indian Hills is situated 4 miles southwest of Carbon Mountain Pit.
Carbon Mountain Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.65249° or 39° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
-105.18693° or 105° 11′ 13″ westElevation
5,738 feet (1,749 metres)Open location code
85FPMR27+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 369175024OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Carbon Mountain Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carbon Mountain Pit”
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