Thorne Lake
Thorne Lake is in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,591 feet. Thorne Lake is situated nearby to the locality Tomboy, as well as near Black Bear Pass Trailhead (Northwestern).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Imogene Pass and Bridal Veil Falls.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado. Imogene Pass is situated 2 miles southeast of Thorne Lake.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 2 miles south of Thorne Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Pandora.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 1½ miles southwest of Thorne Lake.
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 2½ miles northeast of Thorne Lake.
Thorne Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Thornes Lake”
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94712° or 37° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
-107.76335° or 107° 45′ 48″ westElevation
11,591 feet (3,533 metres)Open location code
859JW6WP+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 45867833OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
5441490
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