Strain Gulch
Strain Gulch is a valley in Jefferson, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,801 feet. Strain Gulch is situated nearby to the locality Spring Hill, as well as near the hamlet Idledale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morrison Natural History Museum and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
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.
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.
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 3 miles west of Strain 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 3½ miles southwest of Strain Gulch.
Strain Gulch
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 5,801 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.65193° or 39° 39′ 7″ northLongitude
-105.18943° or 105° 11′ 22″ westElevation
5,801 feet (1,768 metres)Open location code
85FPMR26+Q6GeoNames ID
5440513
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Localities in the Area
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