Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain
Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,818 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is America the Beautiful Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 07-07-2007
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- America the Beautiful Park: 0.0 mi
- Antlers Park: 0.4 mi
- Palmer Center Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Carnegie Public Garden: 0.5 mi
- Alamo Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 2.5 mi
- Ridgeline Pass: 2.7 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 2.9 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 3.7 mi
- American Indian Interpretive Area: 3.9 mi
- Mount Cutler: 3.8 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mays Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mount Buckhorn: 4.3 mi
- Muscoco Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Trailblazer: 0.1 mi
- The Epicenter: 0.3 mi
- Affirmation Station: 0.4 mi
- Humpty Dumpty: 0.4 mi
- Fannie Mae Duncan: 0.4 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 0.2 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 0.5 mi
- First Stake Of The Fountain Colony: 0.5 mi
- Spencer Penrose: 0.6 mi
- Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 0.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 0.6 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 1.2 mi
- westside community garden: 1.2 mi
- Cossitt Rock Garden: 1.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 0.2 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 0.6 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 0.9 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 1.2 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- South Canyon: 4.4 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 4.6 mi
- Council Grounds: 4.7 mi
- Sentinel Point: 4.7 mi
- Tahama Spring: 0.8 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 4.7 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 4.9 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.0 mi
- Hill: 4.2 mi
- Weimer: 4.2 mi
- Hull: 4.2 mi
- Shorty: 4.2 mi
- Bridal Veil: 4.2 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 1.1 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 6.9 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 2.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 3.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.3 mi
- Windy Point: 10.2 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Husted: 12.7 mi
- Franceville: 12.8 mi
- Lytle: 15.8 mi
- Altman: 17.5 mi
- Gwillimsville: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 274° | 4,302 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 276° | 4,073 m | 12.3 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 281° | 3,984 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 267° | 3,837 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 273° | 3,814 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,780 m | 12.2 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,768 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 230° | 3,507 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2339977572
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 1 mi
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