Rooney Gulch

Rooney Gulch is a valley in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,633 feet. Rooney Gulch is situated nearby to the locality Spring Hill, as well as near Bellevue Acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Morrison Natural History Museum.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Theater building

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater near Morrison, Colorado, approximately ten miles southwest of Denver. It is owned and operated by the city of Denver. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is situated 2 miles northwest of Rooney Gulch.

Morrison Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Morrison Natural History Museum is a natural history museum located in Morrison, Colorado. The exhibits include several dinosaur fossils that were found nearby.

Bandimere Speedway

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Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrison and Idledale.

Morrison

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Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.

Idledale

Hamlet

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Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 4 miles west of Rooney Gulch.

Indian Hills

Locality

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Indian Hills is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Indian Hills is situated 5 miles southwest of Rooney Gulch.

Rooney Gulch

Type: Valley with an elevation of 5,633 feet
Category: landform
Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.65249° or 39° 39′ 9″ north

Longitude

-105.16693° or 105° 10′ 1″ west

Elevation

5,633 feet (1,717 metres)

Open location code

85FPMR2M+X6

GeoNames ID

5436920

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Localities in the Area

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