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General Information
Getting Here
Norwood is only 33 miles west of Telluride... a roughly 45-minute
drive. Follow Colorado 145 West (along the Unaweep-Tabaguache Scenic
byway). You'll enjoy the scenic forty-minute drive down the red
rock-rimmed San Miguel River Canyon to Norwood. As you top out on
Norwood Hill, you will gasp at majestic 12,700 foot Lone Cone
Mountain as it stands silent sentinel over Wright's Mesa. As the sun
sets beautifully behind the Blue and La Sal Mountains to the west in
Utah, you will feel as if you are in a wide valley surrounded by
mountains. Just a couple more miles to the ranching community of
Norwood, where western hospitality awaits you.
Looking
for detailed map?
The USDA Forest Service - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre
and Gunnison National Forest offers a really nice map: Uncompahgre
Plateau Division. Scaled 1/2 inc per mile, the map shows roads,
trails, streams, lakes, recreation sites, land ownership, and major
points of interest. Please visit their Web site:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/gmug/maps/ or contact them at: (970)
874-6600 or TDD (970) 874-6660.
You may also visit their local office during the
week :
The Norwood Ranger District
1150 Forest - P.O. Box 388
Norwood CO 81423
(970) 327-4261
Local
Statistics
(These statistics are the most recent from Region 10)
|
Population of Norwood |
483 (year 2004) |
| Elevation |
7015 Ft (2135 meters) |
| Most Famous Peak |
Lone Cone, 12 700 Ft. (3871 meters) |
| Temperatures |
Summer 74-42 F, Winter 45-18 F |
| Founded |
1905 |
| Industry |
Tourism, Ranching, Construction |
| Average Sale Price |
$192,470 (year 2004) |
| Location |
35 Miles west of Telluride and 119 miles
south of Grand Junction on Highway 145 |
| County |
San Miguel |
| Airports |
Telluride, Montrose, Cortez, Grand
Junction |
| Other Report |
San Miguel County Sustainability Report - 2006 |
| For More information
visit |
http://www.region10.net/about/sanmiguel.cfm |
NORWOOD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
P.O. Box 116, Norwood, Colorado 81423
800-282-5988
info@norwoodcolorado.com
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