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Bakerville

Bakerville from directly overhead

Bakerville is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,983 m. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the south, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bard Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 22 miles off.

ghost town in Clear Creek County, Colorado

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Coordinates39.69139, -105.80500

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dinger Park: 4.0 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 5.8 mi
  • Gateway Park: 5.9 mi
  • City Park: 6.0 mi
  • Triangle Park: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 36
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 19
  • George Rowe Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 5.8 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 10.2 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 8.3 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 11.2 mi
  • The Mailbox: 12.0 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 13.5 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.2 mi
  • Continental Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 15.3 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bakerville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakS4,352 m4.0 mi
Torreys PeakSSW4,351 m3.5 mi
Mount EdwardsS4,218 m3.8 mi
Square Top MountainSSE4,201 m7.1 mi
Argentine PeakSSE4,186 m5.7 mi
Bard PeakN4,159 m2.0 mi
Mount ParnassusNNW4,139 m2.2 mi
Pettingell PeakWNW4,104 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384757636154443326
Precip in0.80.91.42.32.11.52.52.21.51.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown, 6 mi away.

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