Meet The Challenge
Meet The Challenge is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,522 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,230 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Public Service Company Electrical Substation, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2003
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
- 26.9 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Public Service Company Electrical Substation: 0.1 mi
- Campbell's Soup Can: 0.2 mi
- Newton Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Poetry: 0.8 mi
- ram: 1.0 mi
- CSU Trial Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.4 mi
- Spring Park: 0.5 mi
- Indian Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Eastside Park: 1.0 mi
- Mallard's Nest Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Fischer Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Udall Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Springer Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Homestead Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Bingham Hill: 5.7 mi
- Arthurs Rock: 5.8 mi
- Horsetooth Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Goat Hill: 7.1 mi
- Milner Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Piano Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Bootie Slab: 4.1 mi
- Bolt Wall: 4.1 mi
- Torture Chamber: 4.1 mi
- Ship's Prow: 4.1 mi
- Allicar Museum: 0.2 mi
- Avenir Museum: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Courtyard at Library Park: 1.2 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.2 mi
- Avery House: 1.4 mi
- Annie's Grave: 1.5 mi
- Don Lightbody: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 3.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Strauss Cabin: 4.5 mi
- Monfort Quadrangle: 0.4 mi
- Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rolland Moore Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- FoCo Cafe Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Murphy Center Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Dixon Reservoir Beach: 3.4 mi
- Willows Landing: 8.3 mi
- Mussel Beach: 8.5 mi
- Heron Cove: 8.6 mi
- Lake Loveland Swim beach: 10.5 mi
- Skyline Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Homestead Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Eltuck Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Eltuck Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Ouzel: 16.2 mi
- Horsetooth Falls: 5.9 mi
- Grouse Hollow Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fox Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- West Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Blue Arena: 9.7 mi
- Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 13.1 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Poudre: 3.7 mi
- Stout: 5.1 mi
- Nelson Spring: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Meet The Challenge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | W 264° | 3,230 m | 20.2 mi |
| West White Pine Mountain | W 277° | 3,140 m | 20.9 mi |
| East White Pine Mountain | W 278° | 3,111 m | 19.5 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | W 264° | 3,029 m | 18.7 mi |
| Storm Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,015 m | 17.2 mi |
| Crosier Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,809 m | 20.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 231° | 2,722 m | 20.9 mi |
| Boiler Hill | W 261° | 2,697 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5577083236
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- Estes Park · 27 mi
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