Exit 1

Exit 1 is a road junction in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,144 feet. Exit 1 is situated nearby to the town Commerce City, as well as near the village Derby.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Riverside Cemetery.

Cherokee Generating Station

Power station

Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Cherokee Generating Station is situated 1 mile south of Exit 1.

Riverside Cemetery

Cemetery

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Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans. Riverside Cemetery is situated 2 miles south of Exit 1.

48th & Brighton/National Western Center station

Railway station

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48th & Brighton/National Western Center station is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station on the N Line in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. 48th & Brighton/National Western Center station is situated 2½ miles south of Exit 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Commerce City and Derby.

Commerce City

Town

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Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census.

Derby

Village

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Derby is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Derby is situated 2½ miles northeast of Exit 1.

Twin Lakes

Hamlet

Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States]. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Twin Lakes is situated 2½ miles west of Exit 1.

Exit 1

Type: Road junction
Category: transportation
Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.81944° or 39° 49′ 10″ north

Longitude

-104.95861° or 104° 57′ 31″ west

Elevation

5,144 feet (1,568 metres)

Open location code

85FQR29R+QH

GeoNames ID

6354582

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