Parachute Ditch

Parachute Ditch is a canal in Garfield, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,289 feet. Parachute Ditch is situated nearby to the hamlet Battlement Mesa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parachute.

Parachute

Town

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Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census. The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Parachute is situated 2 miles southeast of Parachute Ditch.

Parachute Ditch

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

39.46748° or 39° 28′ 3″ north

Longitude

-108.08397° or 108° 5′ 2″ west

Elevation

5,289 feet (1,612 metres)

Open location code

85FHFW88+XC

GeoNames ID

5433914

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