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San Miguel County
Populated Place
Alta (historical)
Alta (historical)
Populated Place
San Miguel County · Colorado
Description
A uninhabited ghost town.
Nearby Features
Turkey Creek Mesa
Summit · 0.2 mi NNW
Alta Reservoir Number 3
Reservoir · 0.4 mi E
Middle Alta Lake
Reservoir · 0.5 mi ENE
Gold King Basin
Basin · 0.6 mi SSE
Wild Boy Lake
Lake · 0.7 mi SSW
Alta Lakes
Lake · 0.7 mi E
Bald Mountain
Summit · 0.8 mi NNE
Ophir Needles
Pillar · 1.3 mi S
Prospect Basin
Basin · 1.3 mi NE
Palmyra Peak
Summit · 1.3 mi E
Data Sources & Attribution
Feature data:
U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
– U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation:
USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS)
.
Topographic basemap:
USGS National Map
.
Quad map thumbnails:
USGS US Topo
.
Watershed boundaries:
USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)
.
Protected areas:
USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
– Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown):
Wikidata
/
Wikimedia Commons
– individual licenses apply.
Printed map ordering:
MyTopo Map Store
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