Sheephorn, Colorado

Sheephorn is an isolated, unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, located at an elevation of 7,972 feet.^[1] Near the border of Eagle County and Grand County, Sheephorn is sparsely populated and is composed of several ranches, the largest being Piney Peak Ranch, previously known as the Sheephorn Ranch. Sheephorn was homesteaded in the mid-19th century by a handful of families that were cattle ranchers. Sheephorn Creek is a creek fed by snow melt that starts in the Sheephorn mountains and flows south, where it merges with the Colorado River just north of Radium, Colorado.

References

↑ "Sheephorn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Coordinates: 39°53′32″N 106°28′01″W / 39.89222°N 106.46694°W / 39.89222; -106.46694

Municipalities and communities of Eagle County, Colorado, United States

County seat: Eagle

Towns	Avon Basalt‡ Eagle Gypsum Minturn Red Cliff Vail

CDPs	Dotsero Edwards El Jebel Fulford McCoy Wolcott

Unincorporated communities	Beaver Creek Bond Burns Cordillera Eagle-Vail Gilman Mitchell Sheephorn State Bridge

Ghost towns	Belden Pando

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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