Mount Vernon Creek

Mount Vernon Creek is a stream in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,758 feet. Mount Vernon Creek is situated nearby to the locality Spring Hill, as well as near the hamlet Idledale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Morrison Natural History Museum and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Morrison Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Morrison Natural History Museum is a natural history museum located in Morrison, Colorado. The exhibits include several dinosaur fossils that were found nearby.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Theater building

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater near Morrison, Colorado, approximately ten miles southwest of Denver. It is owned and operated by the city of Denver.

Bandimere Speedway

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Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrison and Idledale.

Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.

Idledale

Hamlet

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Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 3 miles west of Mount Vernon Creek.

Indian Hills

Locality

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Indian Hills is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Indian Hills is situated 3½ miles southwest of Mount Vernon Creek.

Mount Vernon Creek

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

39.6536° or 39° 39′ 13″ north

Longitude

-105.19193° or 105° 11′ 31″ west

Elevation

5,758 feet (1,755 metres)

Open location code

85FPMR35+C6

GeoNames ID

5432048

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