Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado
Census-designated place in Lake County, Colorado, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles (24 km) south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. The lakes, however, are on a tributary, Lake Creek, which joins the Arkansas just below the lakes. After dredging, the lakes now have a surface area of 2,700 acres (11 km2), and they serve as a reservoir to store water for use in the Front Range. Both east and west lakes are recreation areas for boating and fishing.[5]
Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado | |
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Mount Hope from Twin Lakes. | |
![]() Location of the Twin Lakes CDP in Lake County, Colorado. | |
Location of the Twin Lakes CDP in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 39°06′43″N 106°19′18″W[1] | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Lake County |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated town |
Area | |
• Total | 4.302 km2 (1.661 sq mi) |
• Land | 4.258 km2 (1.644 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.044 km2 (0.017 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,900 m (9,600 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 204 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP Code[4] | 81251 |
Area code | 719 |
GNIS feature ID | 2583308[1] |
Twin Lakes is also the name of an adjacent census-designated place (CDP) and a post office in and governed by Lake County, Colorado, United States. The Twin Lakes post office has the ZIP Code 81251.[4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Twin Lakes CDP was 204.[3]