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High Hopes

High Hopes from directly overhead

High Hopes is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,467 m. Horsetooth Mountain stands 2,197 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Winds of Change, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 20 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates40.40955, -104.78340

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Winds of Change: 0.2 mi
  • Farr Sighted: 0.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Trees: 0.5 mi
  • Welcome Bear: 0.5 mi
  • Luminarias: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • Twin Rivers Park: 0.5 mi
  • McCloskey Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • Peak View Park: 0.8 mi
  • Triple Creek Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Ridge Natural Area: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 59
  • Country Club West Natural Area: 1.2 mi
  • Josephine Jones Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Gateway Lakes Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Gallery Green Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Glenmere Urban Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
Museums: 20
Peaks: 19
  • Antelope Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Wildcat Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Twin Mounds: 12.4 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Big Owl Hill: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Torture Chamber: 20.4 mi
  • Bootie Slab: 20.7 mi
  • Piano Ridge: 20.7 mi
  • Duncan's Ridge: 20.8 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Mussel Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Heron Cove: 13.8 mi
  • Willows Landing: 13.9 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 16.3 mi
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 11.1 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Horsetooth Falls: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of High Hopes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horsetooth MountainWNW 293°2,197 m23.5 mi
Alexander MountainW 273°2,156 m24.6 mi
Milner MountainWNW 286°2,101 m21.8 mi
Arthurs RockWNW 297°2,066.5 m23.9 mi
Flatiron MountainW 263°1,885 m23.5 mi
Rabbit MountainWSW 241°1,827 m24.9 mi
Namaqua HillW 271°1,651 m18.8 mi
Table Top MountainWSW 238°1,648 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2015:5316:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313444516070767365524031
Precip in0.40.40.91.82.61.81.61.61.11.10.70.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9339570786

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