Sheep Trail
Sheep Trail is a trail in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,863 feet. Sheep Trail is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Lizard Head Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lizard Head and Lizard Head Pass.
Lizard Head
Peak
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Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,119-foot is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 6.8 miles west by south of the town of Ophir, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County. Lizard Head is situated 2 miles west of Sheep Trail.
Lizard Head Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Lizard Head Pass, elevation 10,222 feet, is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, on the border between Dolores and San Miguel counties. Lizard Head Pass is situated 2 miles south of Sheep Trail.
Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Power station
Photo: Pechristener, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, constructed in 1890 near Ophir, Colorado, was one of the first commercial system to produce and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial use and one of the first AC hydro-electric plants ever constructed. Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sheep Trail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ophir.
Ophir
Village
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Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 4½ miles east of Sheep Trail.
Sheep Trail
- Type: Trail
- Category: transportation
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.83638° or 37° 50′ 11″ northLongitude
-107.90951° or 107° 54′ 34″ westElevation
10,863 feet (3,311 metres)Open location code
859JR3PR+H5GeoNames ID
5438513
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