Wilson Meadows

Wilson Meadows is a plain in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,571 feet. Wilson Meadows is situated nearby to the locality Ames, as well as near Ophir Loop.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lizard Head and Lizard Head Pass.

Lizard Head

Peak

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Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,119-foot is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 6.8 miles west by south of the town of Ophir, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County. Lizard Head is situated 1½ miles west of Wilson Meadows.

Lizard Head Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.

Lizard Head Pass, elevation 10,222 feet, is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, on the border between Dolores and San Miguel counties. Lizard Head Pass is situated 2 miles south of Wilson Meadows.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ophir.

Ophir

Village

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Ophir is a home rule municipality town governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's first hydroelectric plant to supply alternating current electricity for an industrial purpose. Ophir is situated 5 miles east of Wilson Meadows.

Wilson Meadows

Type: Plain
Category: landform
Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.84194° or 37° 50′ 31″ north

Longitude

-107.9209° or 107° 55′ 15″ west

Elevation

10,571 feet (3,222 metres)

Open location code

859JR3RH+QJ

GeoNames ID

5444478

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