Roaring Fork River
The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 miles long, in west central Colorado in the United States. The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the resort city of Aspen and the resorts of Aspen/Snowmass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thad Roan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties in Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Roaring Fork”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sumers Lodge.
Sumers Lodge
Building
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sumers Lodge in Glenwood Springs, Colorado is a rustic log house built in 1935 for New York financier George Sumers. It was designed by Chilson Aldrich, and some of its furnishings were designed and made by Thomas C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cattle Creek and Glenwood Springs.
Cattle Creek
Village
Cattle Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in southeastern Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Rifle, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Glenwood Springs
Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glenwood Springs is located in the western half of Colorado, United States of America, right where the south central, Front Range, and northwestern regions meet.
Roaring Fork River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Garfield, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.49537° or 39° 29′ 43″ northLongitude
-107.296° or 107° 17′ 46″ westElevation
5,719 feet (1,743 metres)Open location code
85FJFPW3+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 197749956OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5436595Wikidata ID
Q985244
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Roaring Fork River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Roaring Fork”
- Bavarian: “Roaring Fork River”
- Catalan: “Roaring Fork”
- Cebuano: “Roaring Fork River”
- Chinese: “咆哮叉河”
- Dutch: “Roaring Fork River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر روارينج فورك”
- Estonian: “Roaring Fork”
- French: “Roaring Fork River”
- German: “Roaring Fork River”
- Hebrew: “רורינג פורק”
- Japanese: “ロアリングフォーク川”
- Malayalam: “റോറിംഗ് ഫോർക്ക് റിവർ”
- Marathi: “रोअरिंग फोर्क नदी”
- Spanish: “Rio Roaring Fork”
- Spanish: “Río Roaring Fork”
- Venetian: “Roaring Fork”
- Welsh: “Afon Roaring Fork”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cardiff and Funston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport and Conservancy Park.
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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 “Roaring Fork River”. Photo: Thad Roan, CC BY-SA 2.0.