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Alamosa is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. [9] [10] The city population was 9,806 in the 2020 United States Census . [11] The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado , and is the home of Adams State University .
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Saguache and Alamosa Counties, Colorado at approximately 37.75° north latitude and 105.5° west longitude. The national park is located in the San Luis Valley while the national preserve is located to the east in an adjacent section of the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains . [5]
Alamosa County. / 37.57°N 105.78°W / 37.57; -105.78. Alamosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,376. [1] The county seat is Alamosa. [2] The county name is the Spanish language word for a grove of cottonwood trees .
Mosca (Spanish for fly) is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. Mosca's population is 1,072 as of the 2020 census. [3] It was named for the nearby Mosca Pass, which was named for the Spanish explorer, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado. [4] The Mosca Post Office has the ZIP Code 81146. [2]
Route description. US 285 southbound past its northern terminus at I-25/US 87 and SH 30 in Denver. Heading north from the Colorado border, US 285 passes through the main part of the San Luis Valley, eventually reaching Alamosa. As the highway heads north, it begins to ascend to the northern end of the valley and eventually climbs over Poncha ...
The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately 122 miles (196 km) long and 74 miles (119 km) wide, extending from the Continental Divide on the northwest rim into New Mexico on the south. It contains 6 counties and portions of 3 others.
The Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway is a 129-mile (208 km) Back Country Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla counties, Colorado, USA. The byway explores the historic San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado including Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve; the Old Spanish ...
Lake Alamosa. / 37.200°N 105.417°W / 37.200; -105.417. Lake Alamosa is a former lake in Colorado. It existed from the Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene in the San Luis Valley, fed by glacial meltwater from surrounding mountain ranges. Water levels waxed and waned with the glacial stages until at highstand the lake (high water level ...