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Into the Light

Into the Light from directly overhead

Into the Light is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,689 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Founders Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.95767, -105.17370

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Founders Park: 0.2 mi
  • Asti Park: 0.4 mi
  • Grasso Park: 0.5 mi
  • Village Green Park: 1.0 mi
  • Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Miners Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Leon A. Wurl: 1.6 mi
  • Monarch No. 2 Coal Mine explosion: 2.4 mi
  • Monarch No 2 Coal Mine Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Community garden: 2.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 3.1 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 3.6 mi
  • Hickory Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 6.3 mi
  • The Frightmare Compound: 6.7 mi
  • White Rocks: 6.8 mi
  • Mork & Mindy Show House: 6.9 mi
  • Boulder Star: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 6.2 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 6.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 11.7 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Barbeque: 4.8 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Crystal Spring: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Into the Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakWSW 251°3,198 m13.8 mi
Centralia MountainSW 229°2,982 m13.7 mi
Mount TomSW 224°2,969 m13.6 mi
Miramonte MountainWSW 250°2,915 m13.3 mi
Blue MountainWSW 237°2,846 m10.3 mi
Windy PeakWSW 239°2,779.776 m12.8 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 239°2,724 m8.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 290°2,709 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10904480824

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