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Coordinates: 38°01′12″N 108°03′42″W / 38.02000°N 108.06167°W / 38.02000; -108.06167
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The creek and Colorado State Highway 62

Leopard Creek is a stream located entirely within San Miguel County, Colorado.[1]

According to tradition, the sighting of a leopard near the creek accounts for the name.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leopard Creek
  2. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 32.

38°01′12″N 108°03′42″W / 38.02000°N 108.06167°W / 38.02000; -108.06167


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