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Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel

Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel from directly overhead

Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,186 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Senior Class Crest, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

chapel in Colorado, USA

Dates from 1962.

Wikidata Q7889201, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1962
Height
46m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.00849, -104.89042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • TZO grass: 0.1 mi
  • Flat Iron: 1.6 mi
  • Cadet Tailgate Area: 2.6 mi
  • Marshall Sprague Park: 3.8 mi
  • Protected Habitat Open Space: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Eagle's Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Blodgett Peak: 3.5 mi
  • South Blodgett: 3.9 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Senior Class Crest: 0.0 mi
  • Honor Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 0.2 mi
  • Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 0.2 mi
  • St. Francis of Assisi: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Wall of Fallen Graduates: 0.2 mi
  • Eagle and Fledgling statue: 0.2 mi
  • Core Values Ramp: 0.2 mi
  • Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 2.4 mi
Gardens: 32
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 22
  • Memorial Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Main Pavilions A and B: 5.5 mi
  • The Homestead: 7.4 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 9.2 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakSW 215°4,302 m14.2 mi
Little Pikes PeakSW 220°4,073 m14.3 mi
Devil's PlaygroundSW 224°3,984 m13.9 mi
Sachett MountainSSW 209°3,837 m14.8 mi
Mount GarfieldSSW 193°3,327 m14.2 mi
Tuckaway MountainSSW 198°3,303 m14.1 mi
Mount ArthurSSW 191°3,293 m14.0 mi
Cameron ConeSSW 196°3,263 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1615:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292937435263686660473729
Precip in0.50.61.32.12.31.82.73.11.70.90.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument 3S, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/157016756

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