Sugar Loaf Dam
Sugar Loaf Dam is a dam in Lake County, Colorado, 4 miles west of Leadville. It has a height of 135 feet feet and is over 2,000 feet long at its crest, impounding the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River near its headwaters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Lake County, Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sugarloaf Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leadville National Fish Hatchery.
Leadville National Fish Hatchery
Office building
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Leadville National Fish Hatchery established in 1889 west of Leadville, Colorado, is one of 70 hatcheries in the National Fish Hatchery System. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Leadville National Fish Hatchery is situated 2 miles southwest of Sugar Loaf Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leadville North and Leadville.
Leadville North
Village
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Leadville North is a census-designated place in and governed by Lake County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Leadville North CDP was 1,892 at the 2020 United States census. The Leadville post office serves the area. Leadville North is situated 4 miles east of Sugar Loaf Dam.
Leadville
Leadville is a city in Lake County, Colorado that is about tourism, especially outdoor recreation. In the winter, multiple ski areas are within driving distance.
Sugar Loaf Dam
- Location: Lake, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Sugar Loaf Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sugar Loaf Dam”
- Cebuano: “Sugarloaf Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد رغيف السكر”
- Hebrew: “אגם טורקיז”
- Italian: “diga di Sugar Loaf”
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