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Conservation Carousel

Conservation Carousel from directly overhead

Conservation Carousel is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,604 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Garden, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
11 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.74993, -104.95325

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Woodland Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Monkey Island: 0.0 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 0.1 mi
  • African Penguin: 0.1 mi
  • Bird World: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • City Park: 0.2 mi
  • City Park Nature Play: 0.6 mi
  • City Park Esplanade: 0.7 mi
  • Madame CJ Walker Park: 0.9 mi
  • Fuller Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Martin Luther King Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Camarasaurus Sculpture: 0.5 mi
  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis sculpture: 0.5 mi
  • Snowmastodon Sculpture: 0.5 mi
  • Mother bear and cubs: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Sensory Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Mordecai Children's Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Radical Plant Select Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Steppe Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 7.9 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 8.2 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.1 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.1 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.2 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 11.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Conservation Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 282°2,969 m21.6 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 297°2,724 m21.5 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 232°2,711 m20.9 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 285°2,686 m20.7 mi
Centennial ConeW 271°2,640 m21.5 mi
Bear MountainWSW 244°2,630 m19.9 mi
High PeakSW 224°2,611 m21.3 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 298°2,594 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82959102

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