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Double Dipper

Double Dipper from directly overhead

Double Dipper is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,398 m. Humboldt Peak stands 4,289 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jess Price Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Frontier Pathways runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.13614, -105.46554
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ben West Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Silver Cliff Plateau: 1.7 mi
  • White Hills: 1.8 mi
  • Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Bull Domingo Hills: 3.4 mi
Parks: 22
  • Jess Price Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ampitheatre: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hermit Park: 0.4 mi
  • Summit Park: 0.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Blue Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Patton Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Bailey Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Trover Spring: 19.3 mi
Museums: 5
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 0.3 mi
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 1.1 mi
  • Beckwith Ranch: 5.0 mi
  • Crestone Town Hall: 16.0 mi
  • Colorado Prison Museum: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • USFS CORNER: 7.2 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Venable Falls: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Isabel Picnic and Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Double Dipper. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humboldt PeakSSW 204°4,289 m12.1 mi
Mount AdamsSW 220°4,248 m11.7 mi
Colony BaldySSW 208°4,174 m11.0 mi
Rito Alto PeakWSW 258°4,168 m10.9 mi
Fluted PeakSW 224°4,128 m10.7 mi
Mount MarcyW 273°4,113 m11.5 mi
Horn PeakSW 224°4,093 m9.4 mi
Eureka MountainWSW 247°4,088 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:5020:29
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735415059636155443324
Precip in0.50.61.11.61.40.82.72.00.90.90.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westcliffe, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7315893584

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