Marshall Basin

Marshall Basin is a depression in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,090 feet. Marshall Basin is situated nearby to the locality Tomboy, as well as near the hamlet Pandora.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gilpin Peak.

Gilpin Peak

Peak

Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 2½ miles northwest of Marshall Basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tomboy and Pandora.

Tomboy

Locality

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Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States.

Pandora

Hamlet

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Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 1½ miles southwest of Marshall Basin.

Camp Bird

Hamlet

Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 2½ miles northeast of Marshall Basin.

Marshall Basin

Type: Depression with an elevation of 12,090 feet
Category: landform
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.95527° or 37° 57′ 19″ north

Longitude

-107.77117° or 107° 46′ 16″ west

Elevation

12,090 feet (3,685 metres)

Open location code

859JX64H+4G

GeoNames ID

5430158

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