Sand Creek
Sand Creek is a stream in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,095 feet. Sand Creek is situated nearby to the town Commerce City, as well as near the hamlet North Washington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Riverside Cemetery.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St.
Riverside Cemetery
Cemetery
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Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans.
48th & Brighton/National Western Center station
Railway station
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48th & Brighton / National Western Center station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Denver, Colorado. It is the first station northbound from Union Station and is located on the edge of the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. 48th & Brighton/National Western Center station is situated 2 miles southwest of Sand Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Commerce City and Elyria-Swansea.
Commerce City
Town
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Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census.
Elyria-Swansea
Neighborhood
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Elyria-Swansea is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is located in East Denver, on the northeast side of the city. In 2007, the neighborhood had 7,218 residents and 1,787 households. Elyria-Swansea is situated 2 miles south of Sand Creek.
Derby
Village
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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 2½ miles northeast of Sand Creek.
Sand Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Coal Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.81304° or 39° 48′ 47″ northLongitude
-104.9522° or 104° 57′ 8″ westElevation
5,095 feet (1,553 metres)Open location code
85FQR27X+64GeoNames ID
5437750
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