Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit

Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit is a quarry in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,052 feet. Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit is situated nearby to the hamlet Henderson, as well as near Eastlake.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Adams County, Colorado, United States of America
Address: CO

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thornton Crossroads/104th station.

Thornton Crossroads/104th station

Railway station

Photo: Terrien, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thornton Crossroads/104th station is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station on the N Line in Thornton, Colorado. The station opened on September 21, 2020, along with the rest of the N Line. Thornton Crossroads/104th station is situated 2 miles west of Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henderson and Eastlake.

Henderson

Hamlet

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Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. Henderson is situated 3 miles northeast of Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit.

Eastlake

Hamlet

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Eastlake is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The Eastlake Post Office has the ZIP Code 80214. Eastlake is situated 3½ miles northwest of Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit.

Derby

Village

Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, CC BY 2.0.

Derby 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-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Derby is situated 4 miles south of Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit.

Platte Valley Sand and Gravel Pit

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.8936° or 39° 53′ 37″ north

Longitude

-104.9047° or 104° 54′ 17″ west

Elevation

5,052 feet (1,540 metres)

Open location code

85FQV3VW+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369174555

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5434852

Wikidata ID

Q49440984

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