Morning Glory Mine
Morning Glory Mine is a quarry in La Plata, Colorado and has an elevation of 7,280 feet. Morning Glory Mine is situated nearby to the peak Smelter Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Smelter Mountain.
Smelter Mountain
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smelter Mountain is part of the La Plata Mountains range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is located in the Bodo State Wildlife Area, 1.2 miles southwest of the community of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. Smelter Mountain is situated 2½ miles east of Morning Glory Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durango and Hesperus.
Durango
Durango is the home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States census. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College.Hesperus
Hamlet
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Hesperus is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The Hesperus Post Office has the ZIP Code 81326. Hesperus is situated 5 miles west of Morning Glory Mine.
Morning Glory Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: La Plata, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.27278° or 37° 16′ 22″ northLongitude
-107.94785° or 107° 56′ 52″ westElevation
7,280 feet (2,219 metres)Open location code
859J73F2+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177339OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Morning Glory Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morning Glory Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, La Plata County)”
- Cebuano: “Morning Glory Mine”
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