Howardsville
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Bullion City”, “Howardsville, CO”, and “Howardsville, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dome Mountain and Tower Mountain.
Dome Mountain
Peak
Dome Mountain is a 13,379-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Dome Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Howardsville.
Tower Mountain
Peak
Tower Mountain, elevation 13,558 ft, is a summit located northeast of Silverton, Colorado. Tower Mountain is situated 2 miles northwest of Howardsville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton and Eureka.
Middleton
Hamlet
Middleton is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Its elevation is 9,794 feet. Middleton is situated 2 miles northeast of Howardsville.
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 3½ miles northeast of Howardsville.
Silverton
Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.
Howardsville
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.83555° or 37° 50′ 8″ northLongitude
-107.59423° or 107° 35′ 39″ westElevation
9,747 feet (2,971 metres)Open location code
859JRCP4+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 151821506OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Howardsville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “霍華茲維爾”
- Estonian: “Howardsville”
- French: “Howardsville”
- Irish: “Howardsville”
- Navajo: “Hazéí Yiltseeʼí Bitooʼ”
- Persian: “هواردزویل، کلرادو”
- Persian: “هواردزویل”
- South Azerbaijani: “هواردزویل، کولورادو”
- South Azerbaijani: “هواردزویل”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Howardsville”. Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.