Whitewater, Colorado

Whitewater, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Looking north along U.S. Highway 50 in Whitewater
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Coordinates: 38°59′28″N 108°27′12″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Mesa County[1]
Elevation [1]	4,646 ft (1,416 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	81527
Area code	970
GNIS feature ID	185236[1]

Whitewater is an unincorporated community in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, just south of Grand Junction. The Whitewater Post Office has the ZIP Code 81527.^[2] It is located on the banks of the Gunnison River near the confluences with Whitewater Creek and Kannah Creek to the south.

Historic places

Near Whitewater are the following historic places:

• Bloomfield Site is a prehistoric archaeological site from 8999 BC - AD 1799, starting with the Archaic culture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
• Land’s End Aboriginal Site, an archaeological site from the Archaic prehistoric period, is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.^[3]
• Land's End Observatory is a historic ranger observatory, off of the Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway, with a panoramic view of western Colorado and eastern Utah. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

See also

• List of cities and towns in Colorado
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• List of prehistoric sites in Colorado

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitewater, Colorado
2. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. National & State Registers. Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 10-8-2011.
4. National Register of Historic Places in Mesa County, Colorado American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-6.