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Colorado Railbike Adventures

Colorado Railbike Adventures from directly overhead

Colorado Railbike Adventures is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,547 m. Crescent Mountain stands 2,724 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Reliance Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2024-05
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.06128, -105.03780

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Reliance Park: 0.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Colliers Hill Neighborhood Park (2024): 0.9 mi
  • Coal Miner Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rock Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Colliers Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 1.5 mi
  • Erie Highlands: 1.6 mi
  • Josephine Roche Open Space: 4.2 mi
  • Kneebone Open Space: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Anthem Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Stone Pillar at Nine Mile: 4.7 mi
  • Stone Pillar at Nine Mile: 4.7 mi
  • old mine cart: 4.9 mi
  • Carbon Valley Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • toros curiosos: 5.1 mi
  • Trinity: 5.2 mi
  • Tilled Field: 5.2 mi
  • Plain Air Bear: 5.3 mi
  • Nap Time: 5.3 mi
Gardens
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 14.3 mi
  • Front Porch: 14.5 mi
  • The Atoll: 17.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 18.7 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Barbeque: 12.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 21.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Colorado Railbike Adventures. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crescent MountainSW 232°2,724 m18.7 mi
Scar Top MountainSW 236°2,675 m18.5 mi
Nugget HillW 277°2,609 m18.3 mi
Fairview PeakWNW 287°2,600 m17.3 mi
South Boulder PeakWSW 242°2,598 m15.7 mi
Coal Creek PeakSW 228°2,594 m18.0 mi
Bear PeakWSW 243°2,578 m15.3 mi
Bighorn MountainW 270°2,555 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3219:5320:33
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5516:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11938429416

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