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Colorado and Southern Railway No. 60

Colorado and Southern Railway No. 60 from directly overhead

Colorado and Southern Railway No. 60 is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,296 m. Goliath Peak stands 3,724 m to the south-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The 'Alley Shop', a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

Built 1886 in the Rhode Island Locomotive Works for the Utah and Northern (U&N) as No. 263, 1889 sold to the Denver, Leadville & Gunnison (DL&G), which was 1890 incorporated in the Colorado & Southern (C&S). Donated to the City of Idaho Springs in 1941

The record

What the record says

Built
1886
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Idaho Springs
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.74163, -105.51462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Citizens Park: 0.1 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 0.3 mi
  • Courtney/Riley/Cooper Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ballfield Complex: 1.1 mi
  • Game Check Station Trailhead and Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Flirtation Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Seaton Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Pewabic Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Bellevue Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Banta Hill: 2.6 mi
Cliffs: 52
  • Angel's Ridge: 8.9 mi
  • Pavillion Point: 10.5 mi
  • Meditation Rock: 13.9 mi
  • Clocktower: 16.2 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 28
  • Cloudland: 4.9 mi
  • Eagles Aerie: 5.5 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 5.9 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 25
Nature reserves: 19
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 3.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Colorado and Southern Railway No. 60. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goliath PeakSSW 213°3,724 m8.3 mi
Chief MountainS 186°3,566 m4.6 mi
Saxon MountainW 261°3,515 m8.3 mi
Mestaa’ėhehe MountainSSE 165°3,484 m4.5 mi
Warrior MountainSSW 206°3,436 m5.1 mi
Yankee HillNW 317°3,425 m8.4 mi
Papoose MountainS 179°3,407 m4.2 mi
Woodchuck PeakWSW 258°3,393 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2015:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384757636154443326
Precip in0.80.91.42.32.11.52.52.21.51.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1221077906

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