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Los Pinos River

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Progression
  
San Juan—Colorado

Mouth
  
San Juan River

Source
  
Hinsdale County, Colorado

Country
  
United States of America

Main source
  
Hinsdale County, Colorado

River mouth
  
Confluence with San Juan River 6,089 ft (1,856 m)

Los pinos river winter 2014


Los Pinos River is a tributary of the San Juan River in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The stream flows from a source near Weminuche Pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado to a confluence with the San Juan River at Navajo Lake in San Juan County, New Mexico.

Contents

Map of Los Pinos River, New Mexico, USA

The river is impounded by the Vallecito Dam.

The name Los Pinos is Spanish for "the pines," and, in fact, the river is known locally as the Pine River.

References

Los Pinos River Wikipedia