Glade Park, Colorado
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| Glade Park, Colorado | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Mesa |
| Elevation | 7,000 ft (2,134 m) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| - Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code[1] | 81523 |
| Area code(s) | 970 |
Glade Park is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The Glade Park Post Office has the ZIP Code 81523.[1]
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[edit] Geography
Glade Park is located at (38.993572,-108.749886), and is 16 miles west of downtown Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest city on Colorado's western slope. To access Glade Park, one must drive up the Colorado National Monument, gaining approximately 2,500 feet elevation over 4 miles of hairpin curves. The views on the drive are spectacular, encompassing red sandstone canyons and sheer rock faces. The elevation of Glade Park is approximately 7,000 feet. Due to the higher elevation, often the temperature in Glade Park is 10-20 degrees[vague] lower in summer than the temperature in Grand Junction. In wintertime, temperatures can be significantly warmer than in Grand Junction because of an inversion layer present in the Grand Valley below.
[edit] Community
Glade Park is a former western Colorado ranching and farming community. As precipitation has declined, much of the ranch land has been split up into 35-40 acre parcels on which homes now stand. Area zoning permits a density of one house per 35 acre parcel. There is no municipal water system available in Glade Park; most houses have water wells. The water table is approximately 500 feet below the ground surface. Some homes harvest their own water off the roof.
The remoteness of the area and the creativity of its residents, has made Glade Park home to an unusually high number of alternative and sustainably-constructed homes, including Earthships, rammed earth construction, straw bale, geodesic dome, earthen berm and log construction. The distance of many of the building lots from electrical infrastructure has stimulated construction of a number of energy self-sufficient homes.
[edit] References
- ^ a b ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (December 15, 2006). Retrieved on December 15, 2006.
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