The Curecanti Needle is a 700-ft granite spire located on the Gunnison River in western Colorado. A notable landmark to generations of natives and pioneers, the Needle is located on the southern bank of Morrow Point Reservoir, an impoundment of the Gunnison river between Gunnison and Montrose, Colorado. Used for many years as an advertising symbol for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, whose narrow-gauge railway famously ran along the northern bank of the river and passed near the Needle, the spire is today part of the Curecanti National Recreation Area, a National Park Service facility that encompasses three impoundments of the Gunnison river, including Morrow Point Reservoir.
^"Curecanti Needle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
The CurecantiNeedle is a 700-ft granite spire located on the Gunnison River in western Colorado. A notable landmark to generations of natives and pioneers...
location of the CurecantiNeedle, a striking and unique 700-ft tall granite spire on the reservoir's southern bank. For many years the Needle was a well-known...
Park Service as a unit within the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and is the location of the CurecantiNeedle, a striking 700-foot (210 m) granite...
Monument Kissing Couple Pipe Organ Sentinel Spire Terra Tower Window Rock CurecantiNeedle Garden of the Gods Lizard Head Painted Wall, Black Canyon of the Gunnison...
entered the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River passing the famous CurecantiNeedle seen in their famous Scenic Line of the World Herald. The tracks left...
northwest and eventually empties into Morrow Point Reservoir at the CurecantiNeedle. The canyon walls are made of metamorphic rocks and are filled with...
Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021. CurecantiNeedle, Colorado (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington, D. C.: United...
Needle Rock Natural Area is located at the western edge of the West Elk Mountains of Colorado. The surrounding terrain is characterized by laccolithic...
dramatic section of the canyon, but the canyon continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into Gunnison Gorge National Conservation...
Areas within Colorado are:: Arapaho National Recreation Area near Granby Curecanti National Recreation Area near Gunnison The four National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
and more sandy soils, found on the heights. The dominant plants are the needle and thread grass, western wheatgrass, Junegrass, along with short grass...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre 2 National Recreation Areas Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti 1 Wild and Scenic River Cache la Poudre River 4 National Historic Trails...
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