Heart of Red Mountain

Heart of Red Mountain is in Ouray, Colorado. Heart of Red Mountain is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Red Mountain Overlook, as well as near the quarry Idarado Mine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Mountain Pass and Imogene Pass.

Red Mountain Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.

Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties.

Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado. Imogene Pass is situated 2 miles northwest of Heart of Red Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.

Ironton

Hamlet

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns. Ironton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Heart of Red Mountain.

Tomboy

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 3½ miles northwest of Heart of Red Mountain.

Camp Bird

Hamlet

Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 4 miles north of Heart of Red Mountain.

Heart of Red Mountain

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.91533° or 37° 54′ 55″ north

Longitude

-107.70109° or 107° 42′ 4″ west

Open location code

859JW78X+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13624676515

OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights include Red Mountain Overlook and Red Mountain.

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