Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States, and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Junction station and Handy Chapel.
Grand Junction station
Railway station
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Grand Junction station is a train station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, that is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Handy Chapel
Chapel
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Handy Chapel is the only original church building still standing in the original square mile of Grand Junction, Colorado. The land that the chapel was built on was deeded to "the black citizens of Grand Junction" for the express purpose of building a place of worship in 1883, just two short years after Grand Junction was originally staked out by town founder and Governor George A.
Colorado Mesa University
University
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Colorado Mesa University is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Originally established in 1925 as Grand Junction Junior College, the school was renamed to Mesa College in 1940. Colorado Mesa University is situated 2 miles northeast of Gunnison River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Junction and North Seventh Street Historic Residential District.
Grand Junction
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Graced by red rock mesas, Grand Junction is a vital part of Colorado's Wine Country. The city lies on the Colorado River at the foot of Grand Mesa, Mount Garfield, and Colorado National Monument.
North Seventh Street Historic Residential District
Neighborhood
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The North Seventh Street Historic Residential District, in Grand Junction, Colorado, is a 14.4 acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Gunnison River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Colorado, United States, that is a tributary of the Colorado River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mesa, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Gunnison River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Gunnison River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Gunnison”
- Catalan: “Gunnison”
- Cebuano: “Gunnison River”
- Chinese: “甘尼森河”
- Dutch: “Gunnison River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جونيسون”
- Estonian: “Gunnisoni jõgi”
- French: “Gunnison River”
- French: “Gunnison”
- German: “Gunnison River”
- Hebrew: “גניסון”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gunnison”
- Japanese: “ガニソン川”
- Lithuanian: “Ganisonas”
- Malayalam: “ഗണ്ണിസൺ നദി”
- Marathi: “गनिसन नदी”
- Mingrelian: “განისონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gunnison River”
- Romanian: “Gunnison River”
- Romanian: “Gunnison”
- Russian: “Ганнисон (река)”
- Russian: “Ганнисон”
- Slovenian: “Gunnison River”
- Slovenian: “Gunnison”
- Slovenian: “reka Gunnison”
- Spanish: “Rio Gunnison”
- Spanish: “Río Gunnison”
- Urdu: “دریائے گینیسن”
- Venetian: “Gunnison”
- Welsh: “Afon Gunnison”
- Western Frisian: “Gunnison (rivier)”
- Western Frisian: “Gunnison”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rosevale and Orchard Mesa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include No Thoroughfare Canyon and Himes Drilling Mine.
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