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The East Quarry

The East Quarry, seen from above at true elevation

The East Quarry is a cliff in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,891 m. Ely Hill stands 3,048 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77284, -105.20464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
  • City of Golden North Table Mountain Area: 1.0 mi
  • Mesa Meadows Park: 1.2 mi
  • Tucker Gulch: 1.2 mi
  • Vanover Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 2.7 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 5.0 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 5.0 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 5.1 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 51
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 5.0 mi
  • Food Court: 5.0 mi
  • Food Court: 5.2 mi
  • Food Court: 5.2 mi
  • LOB19: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 50
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 4
  • Maxwell Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 17.1 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Elk Falls: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of The East Quarry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely HillW 281°3,048 m11.7 mi
Mount PenceWSW 241°3,014 m13.5 mi
Centralia MountainWNW 294°2,982 m9.6 mi
Mount TomWNW 291°2,969 m8.4 mi
Bergen PeakSW 234°2,957 m12.5 mi
Douglas MountainW 276°2,927 m9.2 mi
Miramonte MountainNW 307°2,915 m13.5 mi
Saddleback MountainWSW 252°2,906 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343442485768747264524134
Precip in0.70.91.72.53.01.71.71.81.81.30.90.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ralston Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1116699925

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