Deer Creek Pit
Deer Creek Pit is a quarry in Douglas, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,495 feet. Deer Creek Pit is situated nearby to the reservoir Chatfield Lake, as well as near Chatfield State Park.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Douglas County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chatfield Lake and Chatfield State Park.
Chatfield Lake
Reservoir
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Chatfield Dam and Reservoir is a dam and artificial lake located on the South Platte River, south of Littleton, Colorado. The dam and reservoir were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a response to the disastrous flood of 1965.
Chatfield State Park
Park
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Chatfield State Park is a state park located in Douglas and Jefferson counties of Colorado, United States. The park centers on Chatfield Reservoir, a 1,423 acre surface area lake fed by the South Platte River and two other creeks, including Plum Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sterling Ranch and Columbine.
Sterling Ranch
Village
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Sterling Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,789 at the 2020 census. Sterling Ranch is situated 3½ miles southeast of Deer Creek Pit.
Columbine
Suburb
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Columbine is a census-designated place in and governed by Jefferson and Arapahoe counties in Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver metropolitan area. Columbine is situated 4 miles north of Deer Creek Pit.
Highlands Ranch
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Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community of about 105,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The residential suburb lies south of Denver in Douglas County.
Deer Creek Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Douglas, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.53332° or 39° 32′ northLongitude
-105.06999° or 105° 4′ 12″ westElevation
5,495 feet (1,675 metres)Open location code
85FPGWMJ+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 369175289OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Deer Creek Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Deer Creek Pit”
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