Lake Dillon Underwater Town
Roberts tunnel under the continental divide into the south platte river basin.
Lake dillon underwater town. Enjoy 360ยบ views of the mountains and learn interesting facts about the town of dillon and the dillon reservoir during a 1 1 2 hour pontoon boat interpretive tour of lake dillon. The dillon marina hosts exciting weekend sailing regattas and other boating events for fun and sport. The old dillon reservoir located above what is now i 70 used a. Dillon reservoir sometimes referred to as lake dillon is a large fresh water reservoir located in summit county colorado south of i 70 and bordered by the towns of frisco silverthorne and dillon it is a reservoir for the city of denver and its waters are under the control of denver water popular ski areas are close to the reservoir including copper mountain keystone arapahoe basin.
A 12th century italian village submerged underwater for more than 25 years could soon see the light of day again. Long before the dillon dam was built a smaller reservoir was constructed in the 1930s to bring water to the old town of dillon. Lake dillon is the largest lake in the area and offers magnificent mountain vistas with easy access to the town of dillon shopping lodging rv sites and camping. Hosted by the dillon marina and the summit historical society you are guaranteed to learn something about dillon that you hadn t known before.
Completed in 1963 dillon reservoir has an earth fill dam 5 888 feet long by 231 feet above the blue river streambed. The town of dillon was originally established in 1881 where the lake currently sits. The entire town of dillon and a hydroelectric plant were relocated to build the dam which diverts water from the blue river basin through the harold d. The town was relocated twice and in 1963 a dam was constructed and lake dillon was created to supply the city of denver s water.