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John C. Fremont

John C. Fremont from directly overhead

John C. Fremont is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,582 m. Arkansas Mountain stands 3,222 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Florence Pioneer Museum, a museum 1.9 miles away. Gold Belt Tour runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.40646, -105.14540
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Nonans Peak: 7.6 mi
  • Y M C A Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Fremont Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Dawson Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Round Mountain: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Stony Point: 8.2 mi
  • Fish Wall: 15.5 mi
  • Freeform Wall: 15.6 mi
  • California Ethics Pinnacle: 15.6 mi
  • Menses Prow: 15.6 mi
Parks: 18
  • Colonel Leo Sidney Boston War Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Rudd Park: 5.6 mi
  • Centennial Park: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 5.7 mi
  • Greydene Park: 5.8 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Skyline Drive: 6.7 mi
  • Royal Gorge Bridge Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
  • Royal Gorge Bridge: 10.5 mi
  • Royal Gorge Dinosaur Adventure: 11.6 mi
  • Seep Springs Arch: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Brachiosaurus: 11.5 mi
  • Anklyosaurus: 11.5 mi
  • Allosaurus: 11.5 mi
  • Rita the Rock Planter: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Jackson Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Gresson Ore Sorting: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 4.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of John C. Fremont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arkansas MountainSSW 198°3,222 m20.9 mi
Brind MountainN 4°3,196 m19.9 mi
Hardscrabble MountainS 191°3,164 m15.1 mi
Rudolph MountainS 182°3,151 m18.4 mi
Round Top MountainS 175°3,104 m20.5 mi
Adobe PeakS 191°3,100 m13.9 mi
Straub MountainN 360°3,060 m19.8 mi
Crown PointNNE 24°3,023 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1516:0216:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343542495868747264524234
Precip in0.50.61.01.81.60.82.22.11.20.90.50.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7863061965

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