Red Wing is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
along the
Huerfano River in
Huerfano County,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
, United States.
Geography
Red Wing is located at (37.7361158,-105. 2900038). The community lies southwest of
Gardner and just east of the
Sangre de Cristo Range
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along County Road 580 in the
Huerfano River Valley. The community is agrarian and has many interesting geological features, such as faults, outcrops of
Dakota sandstone
The Dakota is a sedimentary geologic unit name of formation and group rank in Midwestern North America. The Dakota units are generally composed of sandstones, mudstones, clays, and shales deposited in the Mid-Cretaceous opening of the Western ...
, and
igneous intrusions.
See also
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Huerfano County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado