Grant is an
unincorporated community
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and a
U.S. Post Office
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in
Park County,
Colorado
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, United States.
Description
The community is located in foothills of the
Front Range
The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado, and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encounter ...
in the upper valley of the
North Fork South Platte River
The North Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, in central Colorado in the United States. The river is located near the headwaters of the South Platte in the Rocky Mountains s ...
, approximately east of
Kenosha Pass
Kenosha Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass located in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.
The pass is located in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, just northeast of the town of Fairplay, Color ...
. It sits along
U.S. Route 285 approximately southwest of
Denver
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. It consists largely of a retired general store, post office, and surrounding houses and trailers along the south side of the highway and along the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office has the
ZIP Code 80448.
[ Grant is located at the mouth of Geneva Creek where it descends southward from the Front Range. County Road 62 follows the creek northward to ]Guanella Pass
Guanella Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.
The pass is located in southwestern Clear Creek County, in the Front Range west of Denver and south of Georgetown. ...
, leading to Georgetown in the canyon of Clear Creek.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Grant has a warm-summer humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
See also
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Park County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado