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Golden Days

Golden Days from directly overhead

Golden Days is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,525 m. Walker Mountain stands 2,682 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Ponds, a park 0.1 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.17036, -105.13887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Golden Ponds: 0.1 mi
  • Valley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lykins Gultch Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • Roger's Grove Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Listening Stones: 0.8 mi
  • The Thinker: 1.9 mi
  • Lefthand's Compass: 2.7 mi
  • Niwot Sculpture Park: 5.0 mi
  • The Clarifier art project: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 60
  • The Atoll: 9.9 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 14.6 mi
  • Front Porch: 15.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 17.5 mi
  • East Blob Rock: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Colliers Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 10.5 mi
  • Bullhead Gulch Open Space: 10.6 mi
  • Erie Highlands: 10.8 mi
  • Kneebone Open Space: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 58
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 31
Gardens: 30
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Second Start Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 17.2 mi
  • Heron Cove: 19.7 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Willows Landing: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Wilson Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Golden Days. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walker MountainWSW 251°2,682 m15.1 mi
Overland MountainWSW 258°2,651 m15.4 mi
Bueno MountainWSW 257°2,633 m14.9 mi
Bald MountainW 261°2,627 m14.2 mi
Cannon MountainW 263°2,624 m15.5 mi
Nugget HillWSW 247°2,609 m13.9 mi
Fairview PeakWSW 258°2,600 m11.4 mi
Button Rock MountainWNW 294°2,574 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13672200371

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