Silver Lake Basin
Silver Lake Basin is a locality in San Miguel, Colorado. Silver Lake Basin is situated nearby to the locality Black Bear Pass Trailhead (Northwestern), as well as near the hamlet Pandora.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Wasatch Mountain.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.
Wasatch Mountain
Peak
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Wasatch Mountain is a 13,555-foot mountain in the San Miguel Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Wasatch Mountain is situated 1½ miles southwest of Silver Lake Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pandora and Tomboy.
Pandora
Hamlet
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Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines.
Tomboy
Locality
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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 2 miles northeast of Silver Lake Basin.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Silver Lake Basin
- Type: Locality
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.91204° or 37° 54′ 43″ northLongitude
-107.78249° or 107° 46′ 57″ westOpen location code
859JW669+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6652523772OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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