Yankee Boy Basin
Yankee Boy Basin is an alpine basin in Ouray County, southwestern Colorado. It is in the San Juan Mountains, protected within Uncompahgre National Forest.
- Depression with an elevation of around 12,200 feet (3,720 metres)
- Description: valley in Colorado, United States
Nearby Peaks
Discover Mount Sneffels and Teakettle Mountain.
Mount Sneffels
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Teakettle Mountain
Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado.
Gilpin Peak
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
3 miles southeast of Yankee Boy Basin
Tomboy
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
4 miles south of Yankee Boy Basin
Thistledown
Hamlet
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
4 miles east of Yankee Boy Basin
Yankee Boy Basin
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Latitude
37.9961° or 37° 59′ 46″ north
Longitude
-107.77756° or 107° 46′ 39″ west
Open location code
859JX6WC+CX
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Yankee Boy Basin” goes by many names.
Yankee Boy BasinCebuano
אגן ינקי בויHebrew
Localities in the Area
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