Lawn Lake Dam

Lawn Lake Dam was an earthen dam in , that failed on July 15, 1982, at about 6 a.m, in an event known as the flood of 1982.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: former dam in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
  • Also known as: Lawn Dam

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mummy Mountain and Hagues Peak.

Peak
is a high mountain summit in the of the of . The 13,430-foot thirteener is located in the , 8.5 miles northwest by north of the in , , .

Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
is the highest summit of the in the of . The 13,573-foot thirteener is in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.9 miles northwest of the , , . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lawn Lake Dam.

Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
is a high mountain summit in the of the of . The 13,508-foot thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles northwest of the in , , . is situated 2 miles west of Lawn Lake Dam.

Lawn Lake Dam

Latitude
40.46387° or 40° 27′ 50″ north
Longitude
-105.62806° or 105° 37′ 41″ west
Elevation
10,991 feet (3,350 metres)
Open location code
85GPF97C+GQ
Geo­Names ID
5578913
Wiki­data ID
Q283540
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Lawn Lake Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Lawn Dam
  • Chinese: Lawn湖坝
  • Chinese: Lawn湖壩
  • Chinese: 草坪湖水壩
  • Egyptian Arabic: سد بحيرة العشب
  • German: Lawn-Lake-Staudamm
  • Italian: diga di Lawn Lake

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