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Parachute Creek
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of East Fork Parachute Creek and Middle Fork Parachute Creek
5,785 ft (1,763 m)
39°34′37″N 108°06′28″W / 39.57694°N 108.10778°W / 39.57694; -108.10778
River mouth Confluence with Colorado River
5,056 ft (1,541 m)
39°26′23″N 108°03′13″W / 39.43972°N 108.05361°W / 39.43972; -108.05361

Parachute Creek is a 14.7-mile-long (23.7 km) tributary of the Colorado River in Garfield County, Colorado. The confluence with the Colorado is just south of the community of Parachute and east of U.S. Route 6.

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