Golden Pit
Golden Pit is a quarry in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,938 feet. Golden Pit is situated nearby to the peak North Table Mountain, as well as near the village Leyden.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Table Mountain.
North Table Mountain
Peak
Photo: Rick Kimpel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Table Mountain is a mesa on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 6,555-foot mesa summit is located in North Table Mountain Park, 3.4 miles north by east of downtown Golden, Colorado, United States, in Jefferson County. North Table Mountain is situated 2 miles southeast of Golden Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leyden and Golden.
Leyden
Village
Leyden, Colorado, elevation 5,656 feet is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado west of Arvada at the junction of West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Street. Leyden is situated 3 miles northeast of Golden Pit.
Golden
Photo: Alan Levine, CC BY 2.0.
Golden is a city in the Denver Area of Colorado. It sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and distance-wise is roughly halfway between the cities of Boulder and Denver.
West Pleasant View
Village
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
West Pleasant View is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. West Pleasant View is situated 6 miles south of Golden Pit.
Golden Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.81304° or 39° 48′ 47″ northLongitude
-105.2186° or 105° 13′ 7″ westElevation
5,938 feet (1,810 metres)Open location code
85FPRQ7J+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 369172675OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Golden Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Golden Pit (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Jefferson County)”
- Cebuano: “Golden Pit”
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