Yankee Boy Basin
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Yankee Boy Basin is an alpine basin in Ouray County, southwestern Colorado. It is in the San Juan Mountains, protected within Uncompahgre National Forest.
The basin−valley is well renowned for its display of wildflowers during the spring bloom period, and for Twin Falls on Sneffels Creek.
Visiting
Access is provided by a dirt four wheel drive road which branches off the Ouray County road that runs from Ouray to Camp Bird Mine. The road starts a quarter mile south of Ouray, passes a DOT site, and winds its way up the canyon.
Along the way are several primitive campgrounds that tend to be rarely visited. These encourage collecting dead-and-down firewood, though, which occasionally brings locals and people visiting other campgrounds. In general, though, the area is fairly private.
Yankee Boy Basin is a good place to see native wildlife, including: deer, black bear, birds of prey, and other fauna of the southwestern Rocky Mountains region.
See also
- Chief Ouray
- {{C|San Juan Mountains (Colorado)}}
- {{C|Uncompahgre National Forest}}
External links
- [http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-dinosaur-national-monument-uncompahgre-national-forest-scenic-drives-ouray-sidwcmdev_056928.html Yankee Boy Basin - GORP]
- {{cite web
|url ={{GNIS 3|187097}}
|title =Yankee Boy Basin
|work =Geographic Names Information System
|publisher =United States Geological Survey
|access-date =2013-12-24
}}
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Category:Landforms of Ouray County, Colorado
Category:Protected areas of Ouray County, Colorado
Category:San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Category:Uncompahgre National Forest
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