The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,172 at the 2010 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1904 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. Rifle Creek is named for an incident involving white trappers in the late 19th century.
Population: 9,172
Latitude: 39° 32' 4.92" N
Longitude: -107° 46' 59.23" W
The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,172 at the 2010 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River jus…
Glenwood Canyon is a rugged scenic 12.5 mi (20 km) canyon on the Colorado River in western Colorado in the United States. Its canyon walls climb as high as 1,300 ft (396 m) above the Colorado River. It is the largest such canyon on the Upper Colorad…
Garfield County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,389. The county seat is Glenwood Springs. The county is named in honor of United States President James A.
The Town of Parachute is a Statutory Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Project Rulison, named after the rural community of Rulison, Colorado, was a 40-kiloton nuclear test project in the United States on September 10, 1969, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) SE of the town of Grand Valley, Colorado (now named Parachute, Colora…
No Name is a census-designated place in Garfield County, Colorado. The population as of the 2010 Census was 123. It is located east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, off exit 119 of Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon. It is named for No Name Creek and No…
The Town of New Castle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Silt is a Statutory Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Sunlight Mountain Resort and Ski Area is a ski area in Colorado, located in Garfield County in the White River National Forest, south of nearby Glenwood Springs.
The Glenwood Springs Station is a railway station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States that is served daily by Amtrak's (the national railroad passenger system) California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago, Illinois and Emeryvill…
Battlement Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,471 at the 2010 census.
Storm King Mountain is a mountain in the White River National Forest of the Rocky Mountains, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in northeastern Garfield County.
Battlement Mesa is a large prominent mesa in western Colorado in the United States.
The South Canon Bridge is a truss footbridge spanning the Colorado River near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Colorado. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Garfield County, Colorado, United S…
KUUR is an American FM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 96.7 MHz serving Carbondale, Colorado.
KRGS (690 AM) is a radio station licensed to Rifle, Colorado, USA. The station is owned by Western Slope Communications, LLC. The station has applied for a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to move to a new transmitter s…
KMTS (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music music format. Licensed to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA.