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Dixie Bluffs

Dixie Bluffs, seen from above at true elevation

Dixie Bluffs is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,312 m. Cedar Hill stands 1,564 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Koshare Museum & Trading Post, a museum 6.0 miles away. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1312 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.88695, -103.57133
Around it

35 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 10
  • Tippy Martinez Softball Field: 6.1 mi
  • City Park: 6.4 mi
  • Potter Park: 6.8 mi
  • Santa Fe Plaza: 7.1 mi
  • Reynolds Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Miller Mesa: 6.6 mi
  • Meredith Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Dave Wright Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Mothers Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Getchel Hill: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 4
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Statue of Liberty: 6.5 mi
  • AT&SF Locomotive 1024: 7.0 mi
  • Dolores Mission: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Southwest Chief train mural: 7.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dixie Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cedar HillSSW 214°1,564 m22.3 mi
Merker HillsSW 232°1,520 m24.7 mi
Lone MesaSE 140°1,515 m24.3 mi
Dave Wright HillSSE 166°1,446 m20.1 mi
Mothers HillSE 134°1,372 m20.3 mi
Meredith HillN 356°1,342 m17.3 mi
Miller MesaENE 63°1,320 m6.6 mi
Ninemile HillE 79°1,299 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3319:4120:21
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:0715:5816:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544526273787668544132
Precip in0.50.41.01.41.71.52.21.71.01.30.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Junta, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358930810

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