Ghost town · Colorado
Altman
Altman is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,240 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ironclad Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 1.6 miles off.
ghost town in Teller County, Colorado
How to reach it
Coordinates38.73610, -105.13400
- 1.6 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 15 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Ironclad Hill: 0.7 mi
- Battle Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Globe Hill: 1.3 mi
- Evening Star Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Guyot Hill: 1.8 mi
Attractions
- Mollie Kathleen Mine: 1.9 mi
- Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad: 2.2 mi
- Pancake Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 12.9 mi
Parks
- Mountain View Adventure Park: 3.3 mi
- Lower Beaver Park: 5.3 mi
- Cathedral Park: 5.8 mi
- Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- High Park: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 44
- Rita the Rock Planter: 2.8 mi
- Big Red Chair: 14.6 mi
- Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 15.0 mi
- Back to Kansas: 15.1 mi
- Trailblazer: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 29
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 1.7 mi
- America the Beautiful: 8.7 mi
- Nelson Camp: 9.9 mi
- Mountaineer Train Memorial: 15.3 mi
- For the Unborn: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 27
- Bear Sculpture Garden: 15.2 mi
- Shipping Container Farm: 15.3 mi
- The Secret Garden: 16.6 mi
- westside community garden: 17.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 25
- Windy Point: 8.1 mi
- The Gym: 8.3 mi
- New Gym: 8.5 mi
- Cactus Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Spiney Ridge: 8.6 mi
Museums: 22
- Lowell Thomas Museum: 1.8 mi
- Heritage Center: 1.9 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 2.2 mi
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 2.7 mi
- Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
- Barksdale Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Springs: 11
- Iron Spring: 13.9 mi
- Twin Spring: 14.2 mi
- Stratton Spring: 14.3 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 14.4 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Helen Hunt Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ramona: 14.0 mi
- Feather: 14.0 mi
- Bridal Veil: 14.0 mi
- Shorty: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 16.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 17.3 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 17.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Dakota Hot Springs: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Altman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | NE 34° | 4,302 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | NNE 27° | 4,073 m | 8.8 mi |
| Devil's Playground | NNE 21° | 3,984 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | NE 45° | 3,837 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sentinel Point | NNE 12° | 3,814 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 47° | 3,780 m | 5.8 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | ENE 63° | 3,768 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Rosa | E 83° | 3,507 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cripple Creek 3nnw, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 18 mi
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