Exit 8
Exit 8 is a road junction in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,118 feet. Exit 8 is situated nearby to the village Derby, as well as near the town Commerce City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Original Thornton/88th station and Cherokee Generating Station.
Original Thornton/88th station
Railway station
Original Thornton/88th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Thornton, Colorado. It is located north of 88th Avenue and west of Welby Road; a section of Welby was moved 1⁄4 mile to a new alignment linear with Steele Street. Original Thornton/88th station is situated 2 miles north of Exit 8.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in Adams County, 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 2 miles southwest of Exit 8.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Derby and Commerce City.
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.
Commerce City
Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
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. Commerce City is situated 1½ miles south of Exit 8.
Dupont
Hamlet
Dupont is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The Dupont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80024. Dupont is situated 1½ miles east of Exit 8.
Exit 8
- Type: Road junction
- Category: transportation
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.83083° or 39° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
-104.94194° or 104° 56′ 31″ westElevation
5,118 feet (1,560 metres)Open location code
85FQR3J5+86GeoNames ID
6354587
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