Guernsey Dam
Guernsey Dam is an earthfill dam on the North Platte River in Platte County in the U.S. State of Wyoming. The dam creates Guernsey Reservoir, the last of the 5 major reservoirs on the North Platte River in Wyoming.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oregon Trail Ruts.
Oregon Trail Ruts
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site is a preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, about 0.5 miles south of Guernsey, Wyoming. Oregon Trail Ruts is situated 2½ miles south of Guernsey Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guernsey and Hartville.
Guernsey
Town
Photo: Philkon, Public domain.
Guernsey is a town in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2010 census. The town was named for C. A. Guernsey, a cattle rancher. Guernsey is situated 2 miles southeast of Guernsey Dam.
Hartville
Village
Photo: QKC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartville is a town in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 62 at the 2010 census. Hartville is situated 3½ miles northeast of Guernsey Dam.
Sunrise
Hamlet
Sunrise was a company mining town of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company located in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The entire site of the former mining district and town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sunrise is situated 4 miles northeast of Guernsey Dam.
Guernsey Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Platte County, Wyoming, United States
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Platte, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.29004° or 42° 17′ 24″ northLongitude
-104.76413° or 104° 45′ 51″ westElevation
4,409 feet (1,344 metres)Open location code
85JQ76RP+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 393217306OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Guernsey Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Guernsey Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد جيرنزى”
- German: “Talsperre Guernsey”
- Italian: “diga di Guernsey”
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