Grant, Colorado

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Grant, Colorado
Coordinates: 39°27′35″N 105°39′45″W / 39.45972, -105.6625
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Park[1]
Elevation [1]	8,606 ft (2,623 m)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code[2]	80448

Grant is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States. The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the Platte Canyon, in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately 6 miles (10 km) east of Kenosha Pass. It sits along U.S. Highway 285 approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Denver. It consists largely of a general store, post office, and surrounding houses and trailers along the south side of the highway and along the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office has the ZIP Code 80448.^[2] Grant is located at the mouth of Geneva Creek where it descends southward from the Front Range. County Road 62 follows the creek northward to Guanella Pass, leading to Georgetown in the canyon of Clear Creek.

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Grant is located at 39°27′35″N, 105°39′45″W (39.459788,-105.662556).

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• Grant, Colorado is at coordinates 39°27′35″N 105°39′45″W / 39.459788, -105.662556 (Grant, Colorado)Coordinates: 39°27′35″N 105°39′45″W / 39.459788, -105.662556 (Grant, Colorado)

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