Pictou
Pictou is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. Pictou has an elevation of 6,280 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Pictou, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail and Lathrop State Park.
Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail
Courthouse
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The Huerfano County Courthouse and Old Walsenburg Jail now the Walsenburg Mining Museum, are historic buildings in Walsenburg, Colorado in Huerfano County. Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail is situated 2 miles southeast of Pictou.
Lathrop State Park
Protected area
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Lathrop State Park is a Colorado state park located 3 miles west of Walsenburg. The state purchased the property in 1962 and opened Colorado's first state park here later that same year. Lathrop State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pictou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northlands, Walsenburg, Colorado and Walsenburg.
Northlands, Walsenburg, Colorado
Locality
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Northlands is a neighborhood of the City of Walsenburg, Colorado, United States. Northlands was known as the unincorporated community of Farista, Colorado, before its 2008 annexation into the City of Walsenburg.
Walsenburg
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Walsenburg is the county seat of Huerfano County, Colorado, USA. Once called "La Plaza de los Leones," Walsenburg sits at an altitude of 6,171 feet above sea level on the geological border between Colorado's Eastern Plains to the east and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the west.
Pictou
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Huerfano, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.63862° or 37° 38′ 19″ northLongitude
-104.8136° or 104° 48′ 49″ westElevation
6,280 feet (1,914 metres)Open location code
859QJ5QP+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 151490610OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Pictou” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮克圖”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pictou”. Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.