Old Monarch Pass
Old Monarch Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Gunnison and Chaffee counties of west-central Colorado. It is located on the Continental Divide 0.6 miles northwest of the current Monarch Pass where U.S. Route 50 crosses the divide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 11,368 feet
- Description: high mountain pass in Colorado, US
- Also known as: “Monarch Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monarch Pass.
Monarch Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Nationalparks, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Monarch Pass is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monarch Mountain.
Monarch Mountain
Locality
Monarch Mountain is a ski resort located in the state of Colorado. It is twenty miles west of Salida, Colorado, on U.S. Highway 50. The resort is situated on Monarch Pass at the continental divide.
Old Monarch Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.49782° or 38° 29′ 52″ northLongitude
-106.33782° or 106° 20′ 16″ westElevation
11,368 feet (3,465 metres)Open location code
85CMFMX6+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 177198172OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
5433413Wikidata ID
Q104842162
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Notable Places Nearby
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