Thistledown
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Thistledown, CO” and “Thistledown, Colorado”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Ouray.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 2 miles southwest of Thistledown.
Ouray
Photo: Bede735, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouray is a small town in Southwestern Colorado, magnificently situated in the San Juan Mountains and nicknamed "The Switzerland of America" for its scenery and outdoor recreational opportunities.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 4½ miles south of Thistledown.
Thistledown
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.99361° or 37° 59′ 37″ northLongitude
-107.69978° or 107° 41′ 59″ westElevation
8,730 feet (2,661 metres)Open location code
859JX8V2+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151699077OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Central Bikol to Navajo—“Thistledown” goes by many names.
- Central Bikol: “Thistledown, Colorado”
- Central Bikol: “Thistledown”
- Estonian: “Thistledown”
- French: “Thistledown”
- Lithuanian: “Tistldaunas”
- Navajo: “Azeeʼ Ditłʼooí Biiʼtó”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thistledown”. Photo: mark gallagher, CC BY 2.0.