Columbine Lake

Columbine Lake is a lake in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,690 feet. Columbine Lake is situated nearby to the village Ophir.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wasatch Mountain.

Wasatch Mountain

Peak

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Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Wasatch Mountain is situated 2½ miles northwest of Columbine Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ophir and Pandora.

Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 3½ miles west of Columbine Lake.

Pandora

Hamlet

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Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 5 miles north of Columbine Lake.

Tomboy

Locality

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Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 5 miles north of Columbine Lake.

Columbine Lake

Type: Lake
Also known as: “Lookout Lake”
Category: body of water
Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.8618° or 37° 51′ 43″ north

Longitude

-107.76838° or 107° 46′ 6″ west

Elevation

12,690 feet (3,868 metres)

Open location code

859JV66J+PJ

GeoNames ID

5417684

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