Minnesota Gulch
Minnesota Gulch is a valley in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,089 feet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Storm Peak.
Storm Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Storm Peak is a 13,495-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 1½ miles east of Minnesota Gulch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silverton and Ironton.
Silverton
Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 5 miles north of Minnesota Gulch.
Howardsville
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 5 miles southeast of Minnesota Gulch.
Minnesota Gulch
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 10,089 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.86305° or 37° 51′ 47″ northLongitude
-107.67645° or 107° 40′ 35″ westElevation
10,089 feet (3,075 metres)Open location code
859JV87F+6CGeoNames ID
5431396
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