Artwork · Colorado

My Book

My Book from directly overhead

My Book is an artwork in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,930 m. Quandary Peak stands 4,350 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Throne, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2006
Material: bronze

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Coordinates39.48172, -106.04269

4.7 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Barney Ford Hill: 0.8 mi
Shock Hill: 0.9 mi
Little Mountain: 1.0 mi
Gibson Hill: 1.2 mi
Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi

Parks44

Prospector Park: 0.2 mi
River Walk Lawn: 0.3 mi
Alpine Garden: 0.3 mi
Carter Park: 0.3 mi
High Line Railroad Park: 0.5 mi

Artworks36

Throne: 0.1 mi
The Sheave: 0.2 mi
Through The Eye Of The Needle: 0.2 mi
Tom’s Baby: 0.2 mi
Toro: 0.2 mi

Attractions34

Gold Runner Alpine Coaster: 1.3 mi
Alpine Super Slide: 1.3 mi
Country Boy Mine: 1.5 mi
Baker's Tank: 3.6 mi
C. & S. Car 8311: 6.3 mi

Historic sites29

Sons of Norway: 0.2 mi
Frank & Theta Brown: 0.2 mi
10th Mountain Division: 0.3 mi
Soldiers of the Summit: 0.3 mi
Windmill: 0.5 mi

Museums28

Edwin Carter Discovery Center: 0.2 mi
Barney Ford House Museum: 0.2 mi
Breckenridge History Museum: 0.2 mi
Mountain Top Exploratorium: 0.3 mi
Red White and Blue Fire Museum: 0.3 mi

Gardens26

The Children's Garden: 20.3 mi
Silk Road Garden: 20.3 mi
Schoolhouse Garden: 20.3 mi
Perennial Borders: 20.4 mi
Primula Garden: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns13

Preston: 1.5 mi
Parkville: 5.1 mi
Tiger: 5.1 mi
Dyersville: 5.3 mi
Saints John: 10.6 mi

Picnic sites7

Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
Hand Cart Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Duck Creek Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 19.1 mi

Waterfalls5

Continental Falls: 4.7 mi
Willow Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
Willow Creek falls: 11.4 mi
East Vail Falls: 17.8 mi
Booth Falls: 19.4 mi

Cliffs4

Rocky Point: 1.8 mi
Pavillion Point: 23.3 mi
Target Bluff: 23.7 mi
Eagle Roost: 23.9 mi

Nature reserves3

Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 1.1 mi
Vail Nature Center: 20.2 mi
Abyss Lake Scenic Area: 21.8 mi

Beaches2

Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 7.1 mi
Sweet Beach Cove: 8.0 mi

Rest areas1

CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 9.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of My Book. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Quandary Peak	SSW 210°	4,349.9 m	6.8 mi
Fletcher Mountain	SW 220°	4,239 m	7.1 mi
Pacific Peak	SW 227°	4,227 m	5.9 mi
Crystal Peak	SW 230°	4,213 m	5.0 mi
Atlantic Peak	SW 223°	4,211 m	6.5 mi
Bald Mountain	ESE 123°	4,175 m	4.6 mi
Wheeler Mountain	SW 215°	4,154 m	8.6 mi
Peak 10	SW 230°	4,150 m	4.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:41	19:16
June solstice	05:38	19:55	20:35
September equinox	06:53	18:27	19:03
December solstice	07:22	16:02	16:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	16	19	26	33	42	51	57	55	48	37	26	17
Precip in	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	1.9	1.4	1.0	0.9	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 1 E, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13189309378

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