Cottonwood Point
Cottonwood Point is a cliff in Garfield, Colorado and has an elevation of 8,238 feet. Cottonwood Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Rulison, as well as near Anvil Points.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rulison and Parachute.
Rulison
Hamlet
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Rulison is an unincorporated community in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. It is most notable for being the location of the Project Rulison nuclear test on September 10, 1969. Rulison is situated 2½ miles east of Cottonwood Point.
Parachute
Town
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Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census. The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Parachute is situated 5 miles southwest of Cottonwood Point.
Cottonwood Point
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 8,238 feet
- Description: cliff in Garfield County, Colorado, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Garfield, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.5097° or 39° 30′ 35″ northLongitude
-107.98563° or 107° 59′ 8″ westElevation
8,238 feet (2,511 metres)Open location code
85FJG257+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 358908707OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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“Cottonwood Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cottonwood Point”
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