Glory Hole

Glory Hole is a quarry in Lake, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,240 feet. Glory Hole is situated nearby to the quarry Climax mine, as well as near the mountain saddle Fremont Pass.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Lake County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5423111
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Climax mine and Clinton Peak.

Climax mine

Quarry

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Climax mine, located in Climax, Colorado, United States, is a major molybdenum mine in Lake and Summit counties, Colorado. The operations encompass approximately 14,350 acres, consisting primarily of patented mining claims and other fee lands. Climax mine is situated 2,300 feet north of Glory Hole.

Clinton Peak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Clinton Peak is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America, named after former U.S. president Bill Clinton. The 13,864-foot thirteener is located 2.1 miles east of Fremont Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from Pike National Forest and Park County.

Fremont Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: David Herrera, CC BY 2.0.

Fremont Pass is a 11,318-foot mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. It forms the continental divide on the border between Lake County and Summit County.

Glory Hole

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Lake, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.37054° or 39° 22′ 14″ north

Longitude

-106.16863° or 106° 10′ 7″ west

Elevation

11,240 feet (3,426 metres)

Open location code

85FM9RCJ+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369162708

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5423111

Wikidata ID

Q49414183

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In Other Languages

“Glory Hole” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Glory Hole (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Lake County, lat 39,37, long -106,17)”
Cebuano: “Glory Hole”

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