Kilgore-Atchinson Pit

Kilgore-Atchinson Pit is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 5,125 feet. Kilgore-Atchinson Pit is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Adams County, Colorado, United States of America
  • Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Original Thornton/88th station and 88 Drive-In.

Railway station
is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station on the N Line in . The station opened on September 21, 2020, along with the rest of the N Line. is situated 2 miles northwest of Kilgore-Atchinson Pit.

Movie theater
Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a drive-in theater in the Irondale neighborhood of , a suburb of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kilgore-Atchinson Pit.

Power station
is a natural gas-fired power plant in , about 5 miles north of downtown . Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kilgore-Atchinson Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Derby and Dupont.

Village
Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, CC BY 2.0.
is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by , , United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office located in and governed by , , United States. The Post Office has the ZIP Code 80024.

Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
is a home rule city located in , United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census. is situated 1½ miles south of Kilgore-Atchinson Pit.

Kilgore-Atchinson Pit

Latitude
39.83332° or 39° 49′ 60″ north
Longitude
-104.93276° or 104° 55′ 58″ west
Elevation
5,125 feet (1,562 metres)
Open location code
85FQR3M8+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369174537
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5427324
Wiki­data ID
Q49423682
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In Other Languages

“Kilgore-Atchinson Pit” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kilgore-Atchinson Pit”

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