Red Cliff

Also known as Red Cliff, Colorado

town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: State of Colorado
County: Eagle County
Incorporated town: December 18, 1880
Type: Statutory Town
Total: 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km )
Land: 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 8,832 ft (2,692 m)
Density: 1,100/sq mi (410/km )
Time zone: UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst: UTC-6 ( MDT )
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Red Cliff (sometimes spelled Redcliff) is a statutory town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population was 257 at the 2020 census. The town is a former mining camp situated in the canyon of the upper Eagle River just off U.S. Highway 24 north of Tennessee Pass. The town site is concealed below the highway (which passes over the Red Cliff Truss Bridge) and is accessible by a side road leading to Shrine Pass in the Sawatch Range.

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