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Dinosaur, Colorado in 230 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Dinosaur is located in the deserts of western Colorado, just a few miles from the Utah. Dinosaur used to be named Artesia, but was renamed in 1966 to capitalize on its proximity to Dinosaur National Monument. The streets have been renamed with dinosaur names, and several dinosaur statues can be found along the main roads. The monument headquarters are just a few miles east of town. And Colorado Highway 64. State Highway 64 leads southeast to Dinosaur's larger neighbor Rangely.
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Dove Creek, Colorado in 409 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Dove Creek, Colorado. Dove Creek is an agricultural community near the Utah. A few miles to the northeast is the gorge of the Dolores River, a chasm 1,500 feet deep, cut by the largest river in the area. From its rim, small creeks, like Dove Creek, run down the slope towards the southwest, becoming larger as they go, and eventually turning into deep chasms as well, a network of which blocks travel to the southwest. To the west it leads to its terminus at Monticello.
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Cortez, Colorado in 646 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. To the south of Cortez is a line of cliffs topped by a plateau known as Mesa Verde. Its angular shapes contrast the rounded, forested slopes of Sleeping Ute Mountains, although many trees cling to the upper slopes. The name means green mesa. And compared to many other mesas to the south and west, it is very green. Mesa Verde is famous for its Indian ruins built in ancient times, and much of it is part of Mesa Verde National Park. And then into Utah. See also Wikipedia's Cortez.
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Montello, Nevada in 52 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Montello is a small railroad town in the arid Tecoma Valley in northeast Nevada, just a dozen miles from the Utah. Border. The climate is so dry that no year-round stream flows through the valley. Desert vegetation like sagebrush and tumbleweeds sparsely cover the ground. Many trees planted and watered by the residents make Montello an oasis in this desert, easily spotted from anywhere in the valley. The prominent mountain Pilot Peak stands to the south. Wine Cup Ranch Road.
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Sweetwater County in 2,223 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Sweetwater County is the eighth largest county in the United States, comprising 10,491 acres near the southwestern corner of Wyoming. It is mostly a hilly highland region of deserts and sagebrush mostly above 6,500 feet in elevation. The Continental Divide passes through the county. The Green River, the most important tributary to the Colorado River. The Oregon Trail passed through the northwest corner of Sweetwater County, following the Green River and Black's Fork.
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Green River, Wyoming in 270 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Green River, Wyoming. The Green River passes through the middle of the city, flowing from its sources in the WInd River Mountains, many miles to the north, and heading southward into Utah. Near the Utah border the Flaming Gorge Dam was built forming the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Which extends upriver nearly to the city limits of Green River. Flaming Gorge is a popular vacation retreat. Other Towns Named Green River. See the city's official site. And Wikipedia's Green River.
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Dolores County in 1,378 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Dolores County was created on February 19, 1881 with an area of 1,068 square miles in the southwestern area of Colorado. Its western border is on the border with Utah. The Escalante Expedition of 1776 passed through this area and camped on Dove Creek, and it was also a way station on the Spanish Trail. Dove Creek was settled around 1910 and became the county’s most stable community, based on agriculture. The town named Dolores is in Montezuma County. Rather than Dolores County.
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Naturita, Colorado in 295 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. Naturita sits in a narrow canyon on either side of the San Miguel River. Trees and farmland line the river and cedars cover the hills and the mesas above. The streets are narrow and wind around to conform to the shape of the space between the river and the hills. The Utah. Border is not far to the west. Naturita has a close neighbor to the north, Nucla. Read a historic marker about Naturita. See the site of the Nucla Naturita Area Chamber of Commerce, nucla-naturita.com.
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United States of America in 396,458 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. United States of America. After the war was over, many at home and abroad doubted if the new country, recognized as an experiment in freedom, could stand. Never before in the history of the world had such a large nation attempted to be governed as a republic. The Constitution. What to See in the United States. At Savannah, Georgia. You can also take a walk along an old railroad grade turned into a nature path. That parallels the Savannah River near its mouth. At Santa Cruz. Some ...
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The Needles in 873 Images: Virtual Travel for the Hiker, Traveler and Outdoorsman
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Enter your search terms. The Needles district of Canyonlands National Park is characterized by pinnacles of red sandstone. Towering red cliffs surround it on the east and south while on the west the Colorado River. Deep in its gorge, forms an impassable boundary. Sediments deposited on the floor of an ancient sea once covered this area to the tops of the cliffs. The mighty force of erosion has carved out all this terrain, leaving mesas, the needles and many other stone formations. The Needles is in:.