Marble Colorado Map

About Marble, Colorado

Marble is a locality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 82.1 people per km². Marble is located at 39.0722°N, 107.1889°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 81623.

Marble, Colorado, unfolds in a high-altitude embrace, a place where the very air thins with a crystalline clarity and the sun, when it strikes, seems to burn with an unblemished intensity. It lies 33.8 miles south-southeast of Glenwood Springs, CO (from Glenwood Springs, CO: bearing 168°T), and is situated 16.6 miles southwest of Snowmass Village. The Elk Mountains, jagged and imposing, form a formidable wall to the south, their peaks often still dusted with a stubborn snow even in the nascent warmth of July, a stark reminder of the alpine forces that shaped this land. Below, the Crystal River, a vein of liquid silver, cleaves through the valley, its waters alive with the darting, iridescent flash of trout, a constant, cool murmur against the dry, interior continental air. Aspen groves, like sudden, improbable fires, erupt in gold across the slopes come September, a fleeting, spectacular blaze that softens the rugged contours of the landscape, painting the wildness with a transient human-like beauty. This is a place etched with the bones of a bygone era, a former boomtown that once thrummed with the clang of hammers and the rumble of ore carts, its fortunes tied to the rich veins of marble quarried from the surrounding mountains. Though the grand edifices of that ambitious past have largely faded, the spirit of enterprise lingers, now channeled into a more gentle, sustainable rhythm. The local economy, while still connected to the land, has shifted from extraction to a quiet appreciation of its natural bounty, drawing artists and adventurers who find solace and inspiration in Marble's stark grandeur. The town itself, a collection of weathered buildings and welcoming porches, feels like a living museum, each clapboard and stone a whisper of the miners, ranchers, and dreamers who once walked these same dusty streets.

About This Marble Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marble, Colorado — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.072211, -107.188938. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Marble and Gunnison County.

Detailed location data for Marble includes the ZIP code (81623), telephone area code (719), county seat of Gunnison County (Gunnison), and school district assignment (Gunnison Watershed School District RE-1J). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Marble is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.