The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,172 at the 2010 census, up from 6,784 at the 2000 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1904 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. The community takes its name from the creek.
Blair Mountain is the highest summit of the White River Plateau in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 11,465-foot (3,495 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 17.5 miles (28.2 km) north by west (bearing 344°) of the City of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Garfield County Regional Airport (IATA: RIL, ICAO: KRIL, FAA LID: RIL) is a county-owned public-use airport in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Rifle, Colorado. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.
Storm King Mountain is a mountain in the White River National Forest of the Rocky Mountains, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in northeastern Garfield County. It is on the north side of the Colorado River and Interstate 70 (I-70), between Glenwood Springs and New Castle.A ski lift at the Copper Mountain Ski Resort is named after the mountain.
Battlement Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,471 at the 2010 census. The Battlement Mesa post office has the ZIP Code 81636.
Atchee is an unincorporated community in Garfield County, Colorado.
The Town of Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 6427 at the 2010 United States Census. The town is located in the Roaring Fork Valley, downstream from Aspen and upstream from the mouth of the Roaring Fork River at Glenwood Springs. The town proper sits on the south bank of the river, at the confluence of the Crystal River. Carbondale's horizon is dominated by the 12,953 ft (3,952 m) tall Mount Sopris several miles to the south of town.
Rifle Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.
North Mamm Peak is a prominent mountain summit on Grand Mesa in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,129-foot (3,392 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 11.6 miles (18.6 km) south-southwest (bearing 205°) of the Town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
The City of Glenwood Springs is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. Glenwood Springs is located at the confluence of the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River, threading together the Roaring Fork Valley and a series of smaller towns up and down the Colorado River. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,614.
Catherine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 228.
Hotel Colorado is an 1893 Italianate structure in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, and one of the oldest hotels in Colorado.
Trappers Lake is a lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, which is in the White River National Forest in Colorado, United States. The lake, at an elevation of approximately 9600 ft (approximately 2900 m), is the source of the North Fork of the White River. It is located in Garfield County east of the town of Meeker and west of the town of Yampa. The lake is roughly a mile and a half (2.4 km) long and half a mile (800 m) wide reaching depths of 180 feet (55 m). It is surrounded by the Flat Tops Mountains, the most striking of which is the large semicircular Amphitheater which has a height of 1,650 ft (503m). Trappers Lake is the second-largest natural lake in Colorado after Grand Lake.
Cattle Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 641.
The Glenwood Springs station is a railway station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Sumers Lodge in Glenwood Springs, Colorado is a rustic log house built in 1935 for New York financier George Sumers. It was designed by Chilson Aldrich, and some of its furnishings were designed and made by Thomas C. Molesworth.
Mulford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 174.
Flat Top Mountain is the highest summit of the Flat Tops in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,361-foot (3,768 m) peak is located in the Flat Tops Wilderness, 19.1 miles (30.7 km) south-southwest (bearing 201°) of the Town of Oak Creek, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Routt National Forest and White River National Forest. The summit of Flat Top Mountain is the highest point in Garfield County, Colorado.
The Town of Parachute is a Statutory Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2010 census.
Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the third largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres (951.88 km2), with 38,870 acres (157.3 km2) in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres (794.58 km2) in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a United States Forest Service official, to plead for wilderness preservation.
Rulison is an unincorporated community in Garfield County in the U.S. State of Colorado. It is most notable for being the location of the Project Rulison nuclear test on September 10, 1969. The town of Parachute, Colorado is nearby, and Rulison is accessible from Interstate 70.
Silt is a Statutory Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,930 at the 2010 census, up from 1,740 at the 2000 census.
Deep Lake is a 33-acre (130,000 m2) lake in White River National Forest, in Colorado, United States. It is the site of a Deep Lake Campground.
Chacra is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 329.
Garfield County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,389. The county seat is Glenwood Springs. The county is named in honor of United States President James A. Garfield.
The Town of New Castle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,518 at the 2010 census, up from 1,984 at the 2000 census.
Glenwood Springs High School is a high school in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States. It is a member of Roaring Fork School District Re-1, along with Basalt High School and Roaring Fork High School, in Carbondale.