Willis Lake
Willis Lake is in Chaffee, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,739 feet. Willis Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Rockdale, as well as near Winfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hope and Mount Blaurock.
Mount Hope
Peak
Photo: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hope is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,939-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 20.1 miles northwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
Mount Blaurock
Peak
Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles northwest by west of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
La Plata Peak
Peak
Photo: Robertbody, CC BY 3.0.
La Plata Peak is the fifth-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,343-foot fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 22.7 miles northwest by west of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. La Plata Peak is situated 2 miles west of Willis Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winfield and Vicksburg.
Winfield
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winfield is a populated place in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 people may have lived in Winfield at times in the past. Winfield is situated 2½ miles south of Willis Lake.
Vicksburg
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vicksburg was a town and mining camp in Chaffee County, Colorado, high in Clear Creek Canyon. It is now effectively a ghost town, although some of the buildings may be seasonally occupied by their owners. Vicksburg is situated 3½ miles southeast of Willis Lake.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Photo: Toshihiro Matsui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. Twin Lakes is situated 5 miles northeast of Willis Lake.
Willis Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.02147° or 39° 1′ 17″ northLongitude
-106.43596° or 106° 26′ 9″ westElevation
11,739 feet (3,578 metres)Open location code
85FM2HC7+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 46218069OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
5444335
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