Pandora
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pandora, CO” and “Pandora, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Telluride and Tomboy.
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.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 1½ miles east of Pandora.
Mountain Village
Village
Photo: SkiVillage, CC BY 3.0.
Mountain Village is a home rule municipality in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado. It is located just southwest of Telluride, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. Mountain Village is situated 4 miles west of Pandora.
Pandora
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93333° or 37° 56′ northLongitude
-107.78562° or 107° 47′ 8″ westElevation
8,953 feet (2,729 metres)Open location code
859JW6M7+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 151753928OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Pandora” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “潘朵拉”
- French: “Pandora”
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