Curecanti Needle
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 a 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.
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Curecanti Needle
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 a 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.
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The Curecanti Needle is a 700- ...... luding Morrow Point Reservoir.
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2.3588472e+3
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Curecanti Needle
MRC: 38107D4
Map Scale:1:24,000
Topo Series:7.5´
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The Curecanti Needle photographed ca. 1884.
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The Curecanti Needle is a 700- ...... luding Morrow Point Reservoir.
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Curecanti Needle
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3.844888888888889e+1
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-1.0741416666666668e+2
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Curecanti National Recreation Area
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Curecanti Needle,
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