Rock Glacier
Rock Glacier is in Ouray, Colorado. Rock Glacier is situated nearby to the quarry Camp Bird Number 3 Level, as well as near Chicago Tunnel.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imogene Pass.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Camp Bird.
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.
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 north of Rock Glacier.
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. Pandora is situated 3 miles west of Rock Glacier.
Rock Glacier
- Type: Scree
- Category: landform
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94474° or 37° 56′ 41″ northLongitude
-107.73375° or 107° 44′ 2″ westOpen location code
859JW7V8+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 935638556OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scree
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