Shadow Mountain Dam, Arapaho National Recreation Area

Name: Shadow Mountain Dam
Address: Arapaho National Recreation Area, United States

#3 among attractions in Arapaho National Recreation Area

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Shadow Mountain Dam is a zoned earth-fill dam on the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. Constructed between 1944 and 1946, the Shadow Mountain Dam creates the Shadow Mountain Lake, with a structural height of 63 feet and a drainage area of 187 square miles. Shadow Mountain Lake is a holding reservoir for water pumped up from Lake Granby just to the south through the Granby Pumping Plant and Canal. Shadow Mountain Lake is connected by a short channel to the natural Grand Lake. The west portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel is located on Grand Lake. The Adams Tunnel diverts west slope water to the east slope of the Rocky Mountains for use in agriculture and to serve the populated areas of Colorado, including Denver. ()

Opened: 1946 (78 years ago)Length: 3077 ftHeight: 63 ftCoordinates: 40°12'25"N, 105°50'28"W

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Shadow Mountain Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kauffman House, Grand Lake Golf Course, Shadow Mountain Lookout, Lake Granby.

3.3 miN
History museum, Museum
Kauffman House, Grand Lake
83 min walk • The Kauffman House is a rustic log house in Grand Lake, Colorado that functioned as a hotel from its construction in 1892 to 1973. It was built by Ezra Kauffman, a local prospector, trapper and builder of log structures who operated it as a hotel until his death in 1920 at age 71.
3.1 miN
40°14'59"N • 105°51'29"W
Grand Lake Golf Course, Grand Lake
79 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.1 miNE
Trail, Tower
Shadow Mountain Lookout, Rocky Mountain National Park
55 min walk • The Shadow Mountain Lookout, also known as the Shadow Mountain Patrol Cabin, was built in Rocky Mountain National Park in 1932, to the design of the National Park Service San Francisco Landscape Architecture Division. It was regarded as one of the best National Park Service Rustic buildings in the national park system.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Granby, Arapaho National Recreation Area
92 min walk • Lake Granby is the third largest body of water in Colorado. It was created by the erection of Granby Dam, completed in 1950, as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
1.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Shadow Mountain Lake, Arapaho National Recreation Area
37 min walk • Shadow Mountain Lake is a reservoir in Grand County, Colorado, near the headwaters of the Colorado River. Shadow Mountain Lake is created by Shadow Mountain Dam.
3.1 miNE
Hiking trail, Outdoor activities, Park
East Inlet Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park
81 min walk • The East Inlet Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, was established in 1913 to provide access from Grand Lake to a series of lakes 6 miles to the east of Grand Lake.
4.3 miS
Dam
Granby Dam, Arapaho National Recreation Area
110 min walk • Granby Dam is an earthfill dam that dams the Colorado River 5.5 miles northeast of Granby, Colorado in Grand County, Colorado. This 298-foot-tall dam was constructed between 1941 and 1950 and has a drainage area of 311 square miles.
3.2 miNE
40°14'59"N • 105°49'1"W
Grand Lake Marina, Grand Lake
82 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.9 miSW
40°10'26"N • 105°54'0"W
Highland Marina, Arapaho National Recreation Area
99 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.2 miNE
Tunnel
Alva B. Adams Tunnel, Rocky Mountain National Park
83 min walk • The Alva B. Adams Tunnel is the principal component of the largest transmountain water project in Colorado, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
3.2 miN
Sailing, Yacht club
Grand Lake Yacht Club, Grand Lake
83 min walk • Grand Lake Yacht Club or GLYC has been claimed to be the world's highest registered yacht club. Located at 8,269 feet in elevation, on Grand Lake, it serves the town of Grand Lake, Colorado as a private club.