Upper Twin Falls

Upper Twin Falls is a waterfall in Ouray, Colorado. Upper Twin Falls is situated nearby to the waterfall Lower Twin Falls, as well as near Mount Sneffels Trailhead.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teakettle Mountain and Mount Sneffels.

Teakettle Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest.

Mount Sneffels

Peak

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,153-foot fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles west by south of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. Mount Sneffels is situated 2 miles northwest of Upper Twin Falls.

Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 1½ miles west of Upper Twin Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.

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 2 miles southeast of Upper Twin Falls.

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 3½ miles south of Upper Twin Falls.

Thistledown

Hamlet

Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird. Thistledown is situated 3½ miles east of Upper Twin Falls.

Upper Twin Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.98674° or 37° 59′ 12″ north

Longitude

-107.76401° or 107° 45′ 50″ west

Open location code

859JX6PP+M9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8203430177

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

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