Pete Kiewit Sons Pit
Pete Kiewit Sons Pit is a quarry in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,164 feet. Pete Kiewit Sons Pit is situated nearby to the hamlet Twin Lakes, as well as near Sherrelwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Adams County, Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pete Kiewit Sons Pit (historical)”
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Pecos Junction station.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in Adams County, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts, and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County, and the second largest natural-gas fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Cherokee Generating Station is situated 1 mile southeast of Pete Kiewit Sons Pit.
Pecos Junction station
Railway station
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Pecos Junction station is a Denver Regional Transportation District commuter rail station that is served by the B Line and G Line. The station was originally scheduled to open in 2016, but was delayed with the rest of the G Line. Pecos Junction station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Pete Kiewit Sons Pit.
48th & Brighton/National Western Center station
Railway station
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48th & Brighton / National Western Center station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Denver, Colorado. It is the first station northbound from Union Station and is located on the edge of the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. 48th & Brighton/National Western Center station is situated 2½ miles south of Pete Kiewit Sons Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twin Lakes and Sherrelwood.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States]. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sherrelwood
Hamlet
Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sherrelwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Pete Kiewit Sons Pit.
Commerce City
Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census. Commerce City is situated 2½ miles east of Pete Kiewit Sons Pit.
Pete Kiewit Sons Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.81898° or 39° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
-104.97919° or 104° 58′ 45″ westElevation
5,164 feet (1,574 metres)Open location code
85FQR29C+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 369174538OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Pete Kiewit Sons Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pete Kiewit Sons Pit”
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