Mud Lake Basin

Mud Lake Basin is a depression in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,280 feet. Mud Lake Basin is situated nearby to the locality Tomboy, as well as near the hamlet Pandora.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Wasatch Mountain.

Bridal Veil Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.

Wasatch Mountain

Peak

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Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Wasatch Mountain is situated 2 miles west of Mud Lake 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. Tomboy is situated 2½ miles north of Mud Lake Basin.

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 2½ miles northwest of Mud Lake Basin.

Telluride

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.

Mud Lake Basin

Type: Depression with an elevation of 12,280 feet
Category: landform
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.89944° or 37° 53′ 58″ north

Longitude

-107.75978° or 107° 45′ 35″ west

Elevation

12,280 feet (3,743 metres)

Open location code

859JV6XR+Q3

GeoNames ID

5432142

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Satellite Map

Discover Mud Lake Basin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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