Lehigh Mine
Lehigh Mine is a quarry in Chaffee, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,206 feet. Lehigh Mine is situated nearby to Chalk Lake, as well as near the hamlet Alpine.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Princeton and Chalk Lake.
Mount Princeton
Peak
Photo: David Herrera, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,200.1 feet fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.8 miles southwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Mount Princeton is situated 2½ miles north of Lehigh Mine.
Chalk Lake
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chalk Lake is a small lake in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, adjacent to Chalk Creek in San Isabel National Forest. The lake and surrounding area is a day-use area along road 162 across Chalk Creek from the Chalk Creek Campground, and a fee is charged for use of the lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alpine and Saint Elmo.
Alpine
Hamlet
Alpine is a small community, sometimes considered a ghost town, in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It was founded as a mining town. The Alpine post office operated from October 26, 1874, until June 30, 1904. Alpine is situated 2 miles west of Lehigh Mine.
Saint Elmo
Hamlet
Photo: Dk4hb, Public domain.
Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet. Saint Elmo is situated 5 miles west of Lehigh Mine.
Lehigh Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.71778° or 38° 43′ 4″ northLongitude
-106.25447° or 106° 15′ 16″ westElevation
9,206 feet (2,806 metres)Open location code
85CMPP9W+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 369180356OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Lehigh Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lehigh Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Chaffee County)”
- Cebuano: “Lehigh Mine”
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