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Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center

Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center from directly overhead

Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,209 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Air Force Academy Athletic Association

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.00749, -104.89495

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • TZO grass: 0.3 mi
  • Flat Iron: 1.5 mi
  • Cadet Tailgate Area: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall Sprague Park: 3.8 mi
  • Protected Habitat Open Space: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Eagle's Peak: 1.2 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Blodgett Peak: 3.4 mi
  • South Blodgett: 3.8 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Honor Wall: 0.3 mi
  • Senior Class Crest: 0.3 mi
  • Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 0.3 mi
  • Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 0.4 mi
  • St. Francis of Assisi: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Eagle and Fledgling statue: 0.4 mi
  • Wall of Fallen Graduates: 0.4 mi
  • Core Values Ramp: 0.5 mi
  • Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 32
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 22
  • Memorial Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Main Pavilions A and B: 5.3 mi
  • The Homestead: 7.6 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 9.0 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakSW 215°4,302 m14.1 mi
Little Pikes PeakSW 219°4,073 m14.1 mi
Devil's PlaygroundSW 224°3,984 m13.7 mi
Sachett MountainSSW 208°3,837 m14.6 mi
Mount GarfieldSSW 192°3,327 m14.1 mi
Tuckaway MountainSSW 197°3,303 m14.0 mi
Mount ArthurS 190°3,293 m13.9 mi
Cameron ConeSSW 195°3,263 m12.6 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/217817098

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