Rulison is an unincorporated community in
Garfield County Garfield County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* Garfield County, Colorado
*Garfield County, Montana
*Garfield County, Nebraska
*Garfield County, Oklahoma
* Garfield County, Utah
*Garfield County, Washington
Garfie ...
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Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States. It is most notable for being the location of the
Project Rulison nuclear test on September 10, 1969. The town of
Parachute, Colorado
Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census.
The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
History
The town's ...
is nearby, and Rulison is accessible from
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15, I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, Baltimo ...
/
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) or U.S. Highway 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the United States Numbered Highway System. While it ...
.
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Populated places in Garfield County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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