Blue Creek (Gunnison River tributary)

Blue Creek is a tributary of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado. It forms at the confluence of Little Blue Creek and Big Blue Creek adjacent to the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Alpine Plateau Road (Gunnison County Road 867) in Blue Creek Canyon.

Blue Creek
The headwaters of Blue Creek in Blue Creek Canyon along U.S. Highway 50 in Gunnison County, Colorado
Blue Creek (Gunnison River tributary) is located in Colorado
Blue Creek (Gunnison River tributary)
The creek's location in Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBlue Creek Canyon
 • coordinates38°02′31″N 107°24′16″W[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Morrow Point Reservoir (Gunnison River)
 • coordinates
38°27′02″N 107°27′16″W
 • elevation
7,949 feet (2,423 meters)
Length3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) long.[1]
Basin features
ProgressionGunnison River—Colorado River

Course

After it starts at the confluence of little Blue Creek and Big Blue Creek, Blue Creek flows under a bridge on Highway 50, it then flows north along the highway's west side, and then separates from the highway heading north until it eventually empties into Morrow Point Reservoir at the Curecanti Needle. The creek is 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) long.[1]

Other

Blue Creek is one of the two primary stream inflows to Morrow Point Reservoir (the other one is Curecanti Creek).[2] Its mouth lies within the Curecanti National Recreation Area. The portion of the stream within the recreation area has good fly fishing and provides the best chance of catching fish, but access here is only by boat.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Blue Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. Bauch, Nancy J.; Malick, Matt (2003). "Limnology of Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal reservoirs, Curecanti National Recreation Area, during 1999, and a 25-Year retrospective of nutrient conditions in Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. "Fly Fishing". Curecanti National Recreation Area Colorado. National Park Service. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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