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Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center from directly overhead

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,573 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bergstrom Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

museum in Woodland Park, Colorado

Dates from 2004.

Wikidata Q7355888, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates38.99386, -105.05118

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bergstrom Park: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cavalier Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tamarac Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Soldier Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 6.9 mi
  • Ormes Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Raspberry Mountain: 7.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 42
  • Back to Kansas: 4.6 mi
  • Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 8.6 mi
  • Honor Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Senior Class Crest: 8.7 mi
  • Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Abandoned cabin: 2.5 mi
  • abandoned bull pen: 2.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Eagle and Fledgling statue: 8.9 mi
  • Wall of Fallen Graduates: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 32
  • The Labyrinth: 9.8 mi
  • Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Labyrinth: 13.0 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 14.9 mi
  • westside community garden: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Main Pavilions A and B: 3.2 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 7.2 mi
  • Memorial Grove: 9.9 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Museums: 25
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakS 178°4,302 m10.6 mi
Little Pikes PeakS 183°4,073 m10.0 mi
Devil's PlaygroundS 187°3,984 m9.0 mi
Sachett MountainS 173°3,837 m12.0 mi
Sentinel PointSSW 195°3,814 m11.0 mi
Sheep MountainS 181°3,780 m13.9 mi
Almagre MountainSSE 168°3,768 m14.3 mi
Mount GarfieldSSE 157°3,327 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212329354455615852403022
Precip in0.70.71.42.12.01.83.73.21.90.90.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Divide 4NW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/87289911

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