Governor Basin

Governor Basin is a depression in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,837 feet. Governor Basin is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Bird, as well as near the locality Tomboy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Sneffels and Gilpin Peak.

Mount Sneffels

Peak

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,153-foot fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles west by south of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. Mount Sneffels is situated 2½ miles northwest of Governor Basin.

Gilpin Peak

Peak

Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County.

Teakettle Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest. Teakettle Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Governor Basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.

Camp Bird

Hamlet

Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 2½ miles east of Governor Basin.

Tomboy

Locality

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Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 2½ miles south of Governor Basin.

Pandora

Hamlet

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Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 3 miles south of Governor Basin.

Governor Basin

Type: Depression with an elevation of 11,837 feet
Category: landform
Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.97305° or 37° 58′ 23″ north

Longitude

-107.77395° or 107° 46′ 26″ west

Elevation

11,837 feet (3,608 metres)

Open location code

859JX6FG+6C

GeoNames ID

5423515

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