Lizard Head Creek

Lizard Head Creek is a stream in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,718 feet. Lizard Head Creek is situated nearby to the locality Ophir Loop, as well as near Ames.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lizard Head Pass.

Lizard Head Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.

Lizard Head Pass, elevation 10,222 feet, is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, on the border between Dolores and San Miguel counties.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ophir.

Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 4 miles northeast of Lizard Head Creek.

Lizard Head Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.82583° or 37° 49′ 33″ north

Longitude

-107.89007° or 107° 53′ 24″ west

Elevation

9,718 feet (2,962 metres)

Open location code

859JR4G5+8X

GeoNames ID

5429043

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