Lizard Head Meadows

Lizard Head Meadows is a plain in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,085 feet. Lizard Head Meadows 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 4½ miles northeast of Lizard Head Meadows.

Lizard Head Meadows

Type: Plain
Category: landform
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.81666° or 37° 49′ north

Longitude

-107.89646° or 107° 53′ 47″ west

Elevation

10,085 feet (3,074 metres)

Open location code

859JR483+MC

GeoNames ID

5429044

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