Gull Island
Gull Island is an islet in Grand, Colorado and has an elevation of 8,287 feet. Gull Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lake Forest, as well as near North Shore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Granby Dam and Shadow Mountain Dam.
Granby Dam
Dam
Granby Dam is an earthfill dam that dams the Colorado River 5.5 miles northeast of Granby, Colorado in Grand County, Colorado. This 298-foot-tall dam was constructed between 1941 and 1950 and has a drainage area of 311 square miles. Granby Dam is situated 2 miles south of Gull Island.
Shadow Mountain Dam
Dam
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Shadow Mountain Dam is a zoned earth-fill dam on the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. Constructed between 1944 and 1946, the Shadow Mountain Dam creates the Shadow Mountain Lake, with a structural height of 63 feet and a drainage area of 187 square miles. Shadow Mountain Dam is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gull Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Lake.
Grand Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Grand Lake is a small town of 400 people in the Northwestern region of the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado. Grand Lake sits at the southwest entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Gull Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Grand County, Colorado, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Grand, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.17787° or 40° 10′ 40″ northLongitude
-105.86647° or 105° 51′ 59″ westElevation
8,287 feet (2,526 metres)Open location code
85GP54HM+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 40219924OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Gull Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gull Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Gull Island”
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