Parachute Creek Explained

Parachute Creek^[1]
Source1 Location:	Confluence of East Fork Parachute Creek and Middle Fork Parachute Creek
Source1 Coordinates:	39.5769°N -108.1078°W^[2]
Mouth Location:	Confluence with Colorado River
Mouth Coordinates:	39.4397°N -108.0536°W
Source1 Elevation:	5785feet
Mouth Elevation:	5056feet

Parachute Creek is a 14.7adj=midNaNadj=mid^[3] tributary of the Colorado River in Garfield County, Colorado. The confluence with the Colorado is just south of the community of Parachute and east of U.S. Route 6.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado
• List of tributaries of the Colorado River

Notes and References

1. 174231. Parachute Creek. 2011-01-28.
2. Anvil Points, CO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (1987 rev.)
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
4. Parachute, CO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1992 rev.)