South Chicago Creek

South Chicago Creek is a stream in Clear Creek, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,203 feet. South Chicago Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Lamartine, as well as near Freeland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Echo Lake Park.

Echo Lake Park

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Echo Lake Park is a park located along the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway about 33.5 mi west of Denver, Colorado. The park provides a stone shelter with picnic tables and barbecue grills on one end of the lake, and the 1926 Echo Lake Lodge and an Arapaho National Forest campground are found at the other. Echo Lake Park is situated 2 miles south of South Chicago Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and Downieville-Lawson-Dumont.

Georgetown

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Georgetown is the territorial charter municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,118 at the 2020 United States census.

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

Locality

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Downieville-Lawson-Dumont is a census-designated place comprising the unincorporated communities of Downieville, Lawson, and Dumont located in, and governed by, Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Downieville-Lawson-Dumont is situated 5 miles north of South Chicago Creek.

Dumont

Hamlet

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Dumont is a small unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office situated along Clear Creek in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The Dumont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80436. Dumont is a part of the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont census-designated place. Dumont is situated 6 miles north of South Chicago Creek.

South Chicago Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Clear Creek, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.68304° or 39° 40′ 59″ north

Longitude

-105.61361° or 105° 36′ 49″ west

Elevation

9,203 feet (2,805 metres)

Open location code

85FPM9MP+6H

GeoNames ID

5439481

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lamartine and Freeland.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Charter Oak Mine and Echo Lake Park.

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