BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area
BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area is a nature reserve in La Plata, Colorado. BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area is situated nearby to the locality Carbon Junction.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Nighthorse and Smelter Mountain.
Lake Nighthorse
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Lake Nighthorse is a reservoir created by the 270 feet high Ridges Basin Dam southwest of Durango in La Plata County Colorado. As part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project, Lake Nighthorse provides water storage for tribal and water right claim-holders along the Animas River.
Smelter Mountain
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smelter Mountain is part of the La Plata Mountains range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is located in the Bodo State Wildlife Area, 1.2 miles southwest of the community of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: La Plata, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.2272° or 37° 13′ 38″ northLongitude
-107.9245° or 107° 55′ 28″ westOpen location code
859J63GG+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 615942608OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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