Gravel Mountain
Gravel Mountain is a 13,596-foot-elevation summit in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. It is located nine miles southeast of the community of Ouray, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Animas Forks and Capitol City.
Animas Forks
Locality
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Capitol City
Locality
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway. Capitol City is situated 5 miles northeast of Gravel Mountain.
Eureka
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 6 miles south of Gravel Mountain.
Gravel Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,570 feet
- Description: mountain in Colorado, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.95972° or 37° 57′ 35″ northLongitude
-107.54117° or 107° 32′ 28″ westElevation
13,570 feet (4,136 metres)Open location code
859JXF55+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358922958OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hausa—“Gravel Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gravel Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Hinsdale County)”
- Cebuano: “Gravel Mountain”
- Hausa: “Dutsen Gravel”
- Hausa: “Tsaunin Gravel”
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