Unaweep Canyon

Unaweep Divide
Unaweep Divide in Unaweep Canyon
Elevation7,008 ft (2,136 m)[1]
Traversed by SH 141
LocationUnaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado
Coordinates38°47′26″N 108°39′18″W / 38.79056°N 108.65500°W / 38.79056; -108.65500[1]
Topo mapUSGS Snyder Flats
Unaweep Divide is located in Colorado
Unaweep Divide
Colorado

Unaweep Canyon is a geologically unique canyon that cuts across the Uncompahgre Plateau, Mesa County, in western Colorado. It is unique because two creeks, East Creek and West Creek, flow out of opposite ends of the canyon, separated by the almost imperceptible Unaweep Divide.[2] State Highway 141 runs inside Unaweep Canyon between Whitewater and Gateway, one segment of the Colorado-designated Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic Byway.[3][4] The Unaweep Divide, elevation 7,048 ft (2,148 m), is near mile marker 135 on SH 141.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Unaweep Divide". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  2. ^ a b Halka Chronic (1980). Roadside Geology of Colorado. Missoula Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Co. p. 305. ISBN 0-87842-105-X.
  3. ^ "Unaweep Tabeguache". Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  4. ^ ColoradoDOT.info: Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway Management Plan, 1995