Windy Point Pass

Windy Point Pass - Montrose County - Colorado - 9,450 feet
Campbell Creek to west. North Fork of Tabeguache Creek to east.

FR-600 north of Nucla on the Uncompahgre Plateau, just southeast of Windy Point.
gravel - dual sport

#40 - photos by Randy Bishop, 06/12/2006


10 miles east of the summit.
10 miles east of the summit.
At the summit, looking south.

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The summit of Windy Point Pass is located at 38 27 08N 108 31 53W .
Recognized in "The Passes of Colorado, An Encylopedia of Watershed Divides" by Ed Helmuth & Gloria Helmuth.
Is not included in United States Board on Geographic Names.

Other geographic features in the area, from United States Board on Geographic Names:
Feature Name ID Class County State Latitude Longitude Ele(ft) Map BGN Date Entry Date
Windy Point 185757 Cliff Montrose CO 382729N 1083218W 9564 Windy Point - 13-OCT-1978
Campbell Creek 185755 Stream Montrose CO 382136 1083949 5318 Uravan - 13-OCT-1978
Tabeguache Creek 185780 Stream Montrose CO 382126 1084242 5010 Uravan - 13-OCT-1978

Note, both Campbell Creek and North Fork of Tabeguache Creek begin on the southwestern escarpment of
the Uncompahgre Plateau. Campbell Creek flows on the north side of Wild Cow Mesa and Pinon Mountain and
the Tabeguache River is on the south side. They flow to the west, meet, and then flow into the San Miguel
River south of of Uravan on CO-141. Windy Point Pass is on the edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau on the
divide between the watersheds of those two rivers.


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