Shadow Mountain Dam
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.Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
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.
Shadow Mountain Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Grand County, Colorado, United States of America
- Location: Grand, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.20747° or 40° 12′ 27″ northLongitude
-105.84134° or 105° 50′ 29″ westElevation
8,360 feet (2,548 metres)Open location code
85GP6545+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1426298157OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Shadow Mountain Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shadow Mountain Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد جبل الظل”
- Italian: “diga di Shadow Mountain”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Highland Heights and Shores of Shadow Mountain.
Nearby Places
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