Weminuche Creek
Weminuche Creek is a stream in Hinsdale, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,383 feet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rio Grande Dam.
Rio Grande Dam
Dam
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Rio Grande Dam is a dam in Hinsdale County, Colorado impounding the Rio Grande. Built between 1910 and 1914 by the San Luis Valley Irrigation District to store water for agriculture in the San Luis Valley, Rio Grande Dam is an earth and rock fill dam 111 ft high and 550 ft long.
Weminuche Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Papoose Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.72111° or 37° 43′ 16″ northLongitude
-107.28228° or 107° 16′ 56″ westElevation
9,383 feet (2,860 metres)Open location code
859JPPC9+C3GeoNames ID
5443517
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