Sapinero Basin
Sapinero Basin is a bay in Gunnison, Colorado.Places of Interest
Highlights include Curecanti National Recreation Area and Middle Bridge.
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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Curecanti National Recreation Area is in Southwestern Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America.
Middle Bridge
Bridge
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Middle Bridge is the crossing of Blue Mesa Reservoir on U.S. Route 50 within the Curecanti National Recreation Area in southwest Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 2.5 miles east-northeast of the community of Sapinero.
Blue Mesa Dam
Power station
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Blue Mesa Dam is a 390-foot-tall zoned earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado. It creates Blue Mesa Reservoir, and is within Curecanti National Recreation Area just before the river enters the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sapinero.
Sapinero
Village
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Sapinero is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 50, along the shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir in the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
Sapinero Basin
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Gunnison, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.4776° or 38° 28′ 40″ northLongitude
-107.2918° or 107° 17′ 31″ westOpen location code
85CJFPH5+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 3734678642OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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