Ghost town · Colorado
Carbonate
Carbonate is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,330 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,766 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White River Plateau, a peak 2.0 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 22 miles off.
statutory Town in Colorado, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates39.74306, -107.34667
- 21.6 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ripple Creek Overlook · 24 mi
- Ripple Creek Overlook Interpretive Site · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- White River Plateau: 2.0 mi
- Hunns Peak: 3.2 mi
- Spring Hill: 4.4 mi
- Baxter Peak: 5.0 mi
- Blair Mountain: 5.2 mi
Parks: 45
- Sister Lucy Downey Park: 12.6 mi
- Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park: 12.7 mi
- Hanging Lake Park: 12.8 mi
- Two Rivers Park: 13.3 mi
- Veltus Park: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Windy Point: 8.7 mi
- Windy Point: 10.6 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 11.9 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 13.2 mi
- Clark Point: 13.9 mi
Hot springs: 6
- Yampah Source Spring: 13.4 mi
- Sacred Waters: 13.4 mi
- Sacred Waters: 13.4 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 13.4 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 13.5 mi
Museums: 4
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 13.8 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 15.5 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 21.1 mi
- Powers Art Center: 23.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Deep Lake Spring: 3.2 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 7.5 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 13.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 13.5 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Doc Holliday Grave: 14.1 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 14.2 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 2
- The Peace Garden: 24.7 mi
- Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Deep Lake Day Use: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Rifle Falls: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Carbonate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 36° | 3,766 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 42° | 3,733 m | 16.8 mi |
| Derby Peak | NE 36° | 3,716 m | 19.8 mi |
| Dome Peak | NE 43° | 3,713 m | 23.2 mi |
| Trappers Peak | NNE 20° | 3,650 m | 14.6 mi |
| W Mountain | NE 51° | 3,624 m | 14.3 mi |
| Shingle Peak | NE 34° | 3,615 m | 13.2 mi |
| Big Marvine Peak | N 1° | 3,614 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 30 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 13 mi away.
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