Horse
Horse is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,770 m. Storm King stands 3,456 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. San Juan Skyway passes 22 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
135 named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top: 2.8 mi
- North Mesa: 3.7 mi
- Spring Creek Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Franklin Mesa: 6.5 mi
- Beaver Hill: 6.7 mi
- Centennial Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Buckley Park: 0.4 mi
- Archmont Park: 0.5 mi
- Montrose Lions Park: 0.6 mi
- Cerise Park: 0.8 mi
- uss montrose bell: 0.1 mi
- goat: 0.1 mi
- Where Eagles Dare: 0.1 mi
- West Main Buck: 0.4 mi
- mini train: 0.7 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 10.7 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 19.3 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 19.9 mi
- Moab trail rte 3: 20.8 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 21.8 mi
- Montrose County Historical Museum: 0.3 mi
- Ute Indian Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum of the Mountain West: 3.3 mi
- Museum of the Mountain West: 3.3 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 23.5 mi
- Red Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Painted Wall: 10.5 mi
- Washboard Rock: 18.0 mi
- SK Roll: 18.3 mi
- Stue's Point: 18.4 mi
- Montrose Rotary Amphitheater Team: 0.8 mi
- Amphitheater Contributors: 0.8 mi
- blue bench: 1.1 mi
- LTV A-7D Corsair II: 1.9 mi
- Bibliotheca Publica: 5.4 mi
- Lions Spring: 10.9 mi
- Galloway Spring: 19.6 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 22.2 mi
- Round Corral Spring: 23.5 mi
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park: 10.3 mi
- Confluence Park: 21.9 mi
- East Cimarron: 18.2 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- all saints comunity garden: 1.2 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 19.4 mi
- Bike path access: 20.8 mi
- Dallas: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm King | SE 131° | 3,456 m | 17.1 mi |
| Horsefly Peak | S 189° | 3,144 m | 20.0 mi |
| Flat Top | S 190° | 3,096 m | 20.8 mi |
| South Saddle Peak | NE 51° | 3,053 m | 24.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | S 186° | 3,009 m | 21.5 mi |
| Horse Mesa | ESE 122° | 2,966 m | 22.3 mi |
| Reade Hill | SW 236° | 2,965 m | 22.1 mi |
| North Saddle Peak | NE 50° | 2,955 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose #2, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4774541852
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