Blue Mesa Dam

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 of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Curecanti National Recreation Area.

Curecanti National Recreation Area is in Southwestern Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America.

Nearby places include Sapinero.

Village

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 is situated 2 miles east of Blue Mesa Dam.

Latitude

38.45314° or 38° 27′ 11″ north

Longitude

-107.33748° or 107° 20′ 15″ west

Inception

September 1967

Operator

U S Bureau of Reclamation

Open location code

85CJFM37+72

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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Wikidata ID

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