Whitewater is an
unincorporated community
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with a
U.S. Post Office
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in
Mesa County,
Colorado
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, United States, just south of
Grand Junction. The Whitewater Post Office has the
ZIP Code 81527.
It is located on the banks of the
Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River.
Description
The river flows east to west and has a drainage area of according to the USGS. The drainage basin of ...
near the confluences with
Whitewater Creek and
Kannah Creek Kannah Creek is a watershed that descends from the top of the Grand Mesa west southwest, where it meets the Gunnison River about 25 miles south of Grand Junction, Colorado. It offers many recreational opportunities, irrigation, and is an important ...
to the south.
Historic places
Near Whitewater are the following historic places:
* Bloomfield Site is a prehistoric archaeological site from 8999 BC - AD 1799, starting with the
Archaic culture. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1983.
* Land’s End Aboriginal Site, an archaeological site from the
Archaic prehistoric period, is listed on the
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties The Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, administered by the History Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, is a listing of significant historic resources. History Colorado maintains a list of the Colorado State Regis ...
.
*
Land's End Observatory is a historic ranger observatory, off of the
Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway, with a panoramic view of western
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 ...
and eastern
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
''National Register of Historic Places in Mesa County, Colorado''
American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-6.
See also
* List of cities and towns in Colorado
* Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
* Old, Baranya, Hungary
* Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, ...
* List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
This list of prehistoric sites in Colorado includes historical and archaeological sites of humans from their earliest times in Colorado to just before the Colorado historic period, which ranges from about 12,000 BC to AD 19th century. The Perio ...
References
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Unincorporated communities in Mesa County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado