Tarryall Creek

Tarryall Creek[1]
Tarryall Creek
The creek as seen from the southeast side of U.S. Route 285 in Park County in late March, 2014.
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPark County, Colorado
 • coordinates39°20′33″N 106°00′33″W / 39.34250°N 106.00917°W / 39.34250; -106.00917
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the South Platte River
 • coordinates
39°05′49″N 105°20′23″W / 39.09694°N 105.33972°W / 39.09694; -105.33972
 • elevation
7,224 ft (2,202 m)
Basin features
ProgressionSouth PlattePlatte
MissouriMississippi

Tarryall Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 68.5 miles (110.2 km) long,[2] in Park County in central Colorado in the United States. It drains a rural portion of north and central South Park, an intermontane grassland in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver. It rises in the high Rockies in several forks along the Continental Divide in the Pike National Forest southwest of Boreas Pass. It descends to the southwest through a short canyon, emerging into South Park near Como, Colorado. It crosses U.S. Highway 285 east of Red Hill Pass northeast of Fairplay, the county seat of Park County, then meanders towards the southeast, joining the South Platte from the east in the southeastern corner of South Park.

  1. ^ "Tarryall Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 25, 2011