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Welcome to Harry Parker Place ...

Harry Parker Place is located in Gunnison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Harry Parker Place: Harry Parker Pl. (or less commonly used: Harry Parker Plc.)

Harry Parker Place is 7,480 feet [2,280 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Harry Parker Place is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Harry Parker Place lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Harry Parker Place: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Harry Parker Place ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harry Parker Place.

  • Paonia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Marble
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Somerset
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bowie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bowie is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Former names for Bowie:
    • Reading
    • Wauneta
  • Redstone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Hotchkiss
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Irwin ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Crawford
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Grand Mesa
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harry Parker Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harry Parker Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harry Parker Place. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harry Parker Place.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harry Parker Place. See our Newspapers Page for Harry Parker Place.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harry Parker Place ...

Looking for more information about Harry Parker Place? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Harry Parker Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harry Parker Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gunnison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harry Parker Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Harry Parker Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Harry Parker Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.