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Listening Stones

Listening Stones from directly overhead

Listening Stones is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,518 m. Walker Mountain stands 2,682 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger's Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.16265, -105.12647
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roger's Grove Park: 0.1 mi
  • Izaak Walton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.6 mi
  • Golden Ponds: 0.8 mi
  • Lykins Gultch Greenway: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Golden Days: 0.8 mi
  • The Thinker: 1.2 mi
  • Lefthand's Compass: 1.8 mi
  • Niwot Sculpture Park: 4.8 mi
  • The Clarifier art project: 8.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Colliers Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 9.7 mi
  • Erie Highlands: 10.0 mi
  • Bullhead Gulch Open Space: 10.1 mi
  • Kneebone Open Space: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 59
  • The Atoll: 10.7 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 14.5 mi
  • Front Porch: 15.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 17.6 mi
  • East Blob Rock: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 56
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 31
Gardens: 28
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Second Start Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Boulder Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 17.6 mi
  • Heron Cove: 20.0 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Willows Landing: 20.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Wilson Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Listening Stones. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walker MountainWSW 254°2,682 m15.6 mi
Overland MountainW 260°2,651 m15.9 mi
Bueno MountainW 260°2,633 m15.5 mi
Bald MountainW 264°2,627 m14.7 mi
Nugget HillWSW 250°2,609 m14.3 mi
Fairview PeakW 261°2,600 m11.9 mi
Button Rock MountainWNW 295°2,574 m15.0 mi
Bighorn MountainWSW 244°2,555 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9143671843

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