Prospect Gulch

Prospect Gulch is a valley in San Juan, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,308 feet. Prospect Gulch is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Storm Peak.

Storm Peak

Peak

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Storm Peak is a 13,495-foot-elevation summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 2 miles southeast of Prospect Gulch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironton and Silverton.

Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 3½ miles north of Prospect Gulch.

Silverton

Photo: Tewy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Silverton is a small town in San Juan County in Southwestern Colorado. Once famous for its mining resources, it is now becoming famous with the extreme sports set, for a famously tough endurance run and a ski resort that focuses on giving skiers a back-country experience.

Howardsville

Hamlet

Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Howardsville is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River at the mouth of Cunningham Creek. It is located about two miles from the town of Silverton and 8 miles from the famous ghost town of Animas Forks, and is on the same road as the ghost towns of Middleton and Eureka. Howardsville is situated 5 miles southeast of Prospect Gulch.

Prospect Gulch

Type: Valley with an elevation of 10,308 feet
Category: landform
Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.8825° or 37° 52′ 57″ north

Longitude

-107.66756° or 107° 40′ 3″ west

Elevation

10,308 feet (3,142 metres)

Open location code

859JV8JJ+XX

GeoNames ID

5435403

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