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Blue Bench

Blue Bench from directly overhead

Blue Bench is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,769 m. Ely Hill stands 3,048 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Greeting, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.74942, -105.22217

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Kafadar Commons: 0.1 mi
  • Stratton Commons: 0.2 mi
  • Lookout Pointe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clear Creek History Park: 0.4 mi
  • Discovery Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 1.0 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 3.6 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 3.6 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 3.7 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 51
  • Food Court: 3.7 mi
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 3.7 mi
  • Food Court: 3.8 mi
  • Food Court: 3.8 mi
  • LOB19: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 4
  • Maxwell Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 16.6 mi
  • Elk Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 6.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Blue Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely HillWNW 290°3,048 m11.2 mi
Mount PenceWSW 245°3,014 m12.0 mi
Snyder MountainWSW 244°2,996 m12.4 mi
Centralia MountainNW 305°2,982 m9.6 mi
Mount TomNW 304°2,969 m8.3 mi
Bergen PeakWSW 238°2,957 m10.9 mi
Douglas MountainWNW 288°2,927 m8.6 mi
Saddleback MountainWSW 258°2,906 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6845425947

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