Wagon Wheel Gap is a physical feature (gap) in Mineral County. The primary coordinates for Wagon Wheel Gap places it within the CO 81130 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Wagon Wheel Gap |
Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Gap |
Description: | Along the course of the Rio Grande, 12.1 km (7.5 mi) SE of Creede. |
History: | Named for an incident which happened at this site about 1860 in which a wagon was used by the Charles Baker party lost a wheel while crossing the Rio Grande. |
County: | Mineral County |
Latitude: | 37.7736129 |
Longitude: | -106.8311552 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wagon Wheel Gap: Wagon Wheel Gap.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Wagon Wheel Gap does not include property ownership information.
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(7.2 miles NW) South Fork, CO (12.7 miles SE) |
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