Sheep Gulch
Sheep Gulch is a parking area in Chaffee, Colorado. Sheep Gulch is situated nearby to the hamlet Vicksburg, as well as near the peak Quail Mountain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Hope.
Mount Hope
Peak
Photo: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hope is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,939-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 20.1 miles northwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Mount Hope is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheep Gulch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vicksburg and Winfield.
Vicksburg
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vicksburg was a town and mining camp in Chaffee County, Colorado, high in Clear Creek Canyon. It is now effectively a ghost town, although some of the buildings may be seasonally occupied by their owners.
Winfield
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winfield is a populated place in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 people may have lived in Winfield at times in the past. Winfield is situated 2 miles west of Sheep Gulch.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Photo: Toshihiro Matsui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. Twin Lakes is situated 6 miles north of Sheep Gulch.
Sheep Gulch
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.99581° or 38° 59′ 45″ northLongitude
-106.40393° or 106° 24′ 14″ westOpen location code
85CMXHWW+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 187099895OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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