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Jack Kerouac Statue

Jack Kerouac Statue from directly overhead

Jack Kerouac Statue is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,608 m. North Arapaho Peak stands 4,100 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mural Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Colorado River Headwaters passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates39.94838, -105.81564

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • High Country Stampede Rodeo: 0.9 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 5.1 mi
  • Redemption Dog Sled Tours: 6.8 mi
  • The Mailbox: 11.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 15.8 mi
Peaks
  • Marker Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Morse Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Epworth: 6.6 mi
  • Bottle Peak: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 52
Parks: 50
  • Mural Park: 0.0 mi
  • Christopher J White Park: 0.0 mi
  • Kopper's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Old Schoolhouse Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walk Through History Park: 0.2 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Adams Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Mertensia Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Ouzel Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 20.8 mi
  • Fan Falls: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Gold Mine: 7.3 mi
  • Magic Schoolbus: 15.2 mi
  • Wichita State University football team plane crash memorial: 17.7 mi
  • Bald Mountain Cemetery: 17.8 mi
  • OLD TOWN JAIL 1883: 17.9 mi
Museums: 16
Artworks: 13
Picnic sites: 12
  • Fox Den: 5.8 mi
  • Rose Crown: 5.9 mi
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Williams Fork: 15.5 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Jack Kerouac Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Arapaho PeakENE 58°4,100 m10.3 mi
Apache PeakNE 49°4,097 m11.6 mi
Navajo PeakNE 51°4,087 m11.5 mi
Parry PeakSE 145°4,076 m9.4 mi
South Arapaho PeakENE 61°4,067 m10.1 mi
James PeakSE 135°4,056 m9.4 mi
Mount BancroftSE 141°4,039 m9.8 mi
Mount EvaSSE 148°4,002 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3619:5520:36
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2215:5916:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151827354553575649382515
Precip in1.91.41.82.01.31.21.91.71.61.61.41.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12581394254

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