Three Needles
Three Needles is a peak in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 13,465 feet. Three Needles is situated nearby to the locality Silver Lake Basin, as well as near Black Bear Pass Trailhead (Southeastern).| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,465 feet
- Description: mountain in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Three Needles Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wasatch Mountain and Bridal Veil Falls.
Wasatch Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
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.
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.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Three Needles
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.89° or 37° 53′ 24″ northLongitude
-107.75617° or 107° 45′ 22″ westElevation
13,465 feet (4,104 metres)Open location code
859JV6QV+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358922901OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Three Needles from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Three Needles” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Three Needles”
- Dutch: “Three Needles”
Localities in the Area
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