Department of Wildlife Pit
Department of Wildlife Pit is a quarry in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,157 feet. Department of Wildlife Pit is situated nearby to the town Commerce City, as well as near the village Derby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Adams County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Original Thornton/88th station.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in Adams County, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts, and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County, and the second largest natural-gas fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Cherokee Generating Station is situated 1¼ miles south of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Original Thornton/88th station
Railway station
Original Thornton/88th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Thornton, Colorado. It is located north of 88th Avenue and west of Welby Road; a section of Welby was moved 1⁄4 mile to a new alignment linear with Steele Street. Original Thornton/88th station is situated 2½ miles north of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Riverside Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans. Riverside Cemetery is situated 2 miles south of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Commerce City and Derby.
Commerce City
Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census. Commerce City is situated 1½ miles southeast of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Derby
Village
Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, CC BY 2.0.
Derby is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Derby is situated 2½ miles northeast of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States]. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Twin Lakes is situated 2½ miles west of Department of Wildlife Pit.
Department of Wildlife Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.82493° or 39° 49′ 30″ northLongitude
-104.95768° or 104° 57′ 28″ westElevation
5,157 feet (1,572 metres)Open location code
85FQR2FR+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 369174541OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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- Cebuano: “Department of Wildlife Pit”
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