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Delta is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Delta County, Colorado, United States. [1][7] The town population was 9,035 at the 2020 United States Census. [5] The United States Forest Service headquarters of the Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Uncompahgre National Forests are located in Delta.
The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m). The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado state capital, is only the 170th highest of the 273 Colorado municipalities. While the Town of Holly, Colorado is the lowest municipality in Colorado ...
Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains as a whole is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m). Of the 64 Colorado counties, 20 counties rise above 14,000 feet (4,267 m) elevation, 32 counties rise above 13,000 feet ...
Mount Elbert, the highest summit of Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m), is located in Lake County. The lowest point in Colorado is where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County and into Kansas, at 3,317 feet (1,011 m) elevation.
The Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway is a 63-mile (101 km) National Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Delta and Mesa counties, Colorado, USA. The byway traverses Grand Mesa, the most extensive flat-topped mountain on Earth, and reaches an elevation of 10,849 feet (3,307 m).
Mount Wilson is the highest peak of the San Miguel Mountains. Mount Sneffels is the highest peak of the Sneffels Range. Pikes Peak is the highest peak of the Southern Front Range. The mountain was the inspiration for "America the Beautiful". Mount of the Holy Cross is the highest peak of the Northern Sawatch Range.
Congressional district. 3rd. Website. www.deltacounty.com. Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, Delta County, 1940. Pioneer Town in Cedaredge, 2008. Delta County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,196. [2] The county seat is Delta.
The summit of Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m) elevation in Lake County is the state's highest point and the highest point in the Rocky Mountains of North America. [7] Colorado has approximately 550 mountain peaks that exceed 10,000 feet (4,000 metres) elevation.