Young Shaft
Young Shaft is a quarry in Pitkin, Colorado and has an elevation of 8,773 feet. Young Shaft is situated nearby to Ute Cemetery, as well as near the peak Aspen Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aspen Mountain and Ute Cemetery.
Aspen Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,212-foot peak is located in White River National Forest, 1.4 miles south-southeast of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
Ute Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ute Cemetery, known as Evergreen Cemetery in the 19th century, is located on Ute Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a small, overgrown parcel with approximately 200 burials. Ute Cemetery is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Young Shaft.
Wheeler Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wheeler Opera House is located at the corner of East Hyman Avenue and South Mill Street in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a stone building erected during the 1890s, from a design by Willoughby J. Wheeler Opera House is situated 4,200 feet north of Young Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aspen and Lenado.
Aspen
Aspen is a ski resort in the state of Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America. Its little sister is Snowmass Village, which is about 10 miles from downtown Aspen.
Lenado
Hamlet
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lenado, Colorado, elevation 8,540 feet, is a ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado near Woody Creek along Woody Creek Road. Its main period of activity was in the late 19th century, due to the local lead and zinc deposits, during which time it was home to ca. Lenado is situated 5 miles northeast of Young Shaft.
Young Shaft
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Pitkin, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.17777° or 39° 10′ 40″ northLongitude
-106.81921° or 106° 49′ 9″ westElevation
8,773 feet (2,674 metres)Open location code
85FM55HJ+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 369170012OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Young Shaft” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Young Shaft”
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