Manitou Cliff Dwellings
Manitou Cliff Dwellings is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,000 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Seven Minute Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.
The story
archaeological museum in Manitou Springs, Colorado
Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q4421530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 20 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seven Minute Spring Park: 0.3 mi
- Mansions Park: 0.3 mi
- Soda Springs Park: 0.4 mi
- Mabel Willie Park: 0.6 mi
- Schryver Park: 0.9 mi
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway No. 2: 0.4 mi
- Cave of the Winds: 0.8 mi
- Balanced Rock: 0.8 mi
- Balanced Rock: 0.8 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 0.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Big Red Chair: 0.4 mi
- Cougar Statue: 3.0 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 4.7 mi
- Trailblazer: 4.8 mi
- Langer Sundial: 4.9 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 0.4 mi
- Glen Eyrie: 2.4 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 2.9 mi
- For the Unborn: 3.3 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 4.8 mi
- The Secret Garden: 3.4 mi
- westside community garden: 3.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 4.6 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 4.6 mi
- The Pinetum: 4.6 mi
- Heritage Center: 0.4 mi
- Miramont Castle: 0.6 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 1.0 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 3.0 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 3.2 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 2.3 mi
- Point Sublime: 5.1 mi
- Windy Point: 6.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.9 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 16.9 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
- South Canyon: 7.6 mi
- Lazy Land: 7.7 mi
- Sentinel Point: 7.7 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 0.3 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 0.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 0.4 mi
- Navajo Spring: 0.4 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 0.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.9 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 5.2 mi
- Weimer: 5.9 mi
- Hill: 5.9 mi
- Hull: 5.9 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 4.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 4.1 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 5.9 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 10.0 mi
- Husted: 10.3 mi
- Altman: 14.8 mi
- Franceville: 17.4 mi
- Gwillimsville: 18.0 mi
- Lytle: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Manitou Cliff Dwellings. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | WSW 258° | 4,302 m | 7.2 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 263° | 4,073 m | 8.0 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 271° | 3,984 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 244° | 3,837 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 261° | 3,814 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 238° | 3,780 m | 9.1 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | SW 221° | 3,768 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SSW 194° | 3,507 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/425739374
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 5 mi
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