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Chandler

Chandler from directly overhead

Chandler is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,748 m. Sperry Mountain stands 3,334 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is John C. Fremont, a artwork 3.8 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 2.9 miles off.

mining ghost town in Colorado, United States

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Coordinates38.37306, -105.20056
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Dawson Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Y M C A Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Tanner Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Nonans Peak: 6.3 mi
Parks: 22
  • Centennial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans Park: 5.0 mi
  • Colorado Territorial Prison Park: 5.1 mi
  • Rudd Park: 5.5 mi
  • Greydene Park: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Stony Point: 5.3 mi
  • Fish Wall: 17.2 mi
  • Far Side: 17.2 mi
  • California Ethics Pinnacle: 17.2 mi
  • Bulge Wall: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 6
Museums: 6
  • Florence Pioneer Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Colorado Prison Museum: 5.2 mi
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 21.1 mi
  • Beckwith Ranch: 21.5 mi
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 2
  • Jackson Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Gresson Ore Sorting: 23.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Chandler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sperry MountainS 188°3,334 m19.5 mi
Wixson MountainS 179°3,295 m18.7 mi
Arkansas MountainS 191°3,222 m17.9 mi
Hardscrabble MountainS 179°3,164 m12.5 mi
Rudolph MountainS 172°3,151 m16.3 mi
Round Top MountainSSE 165°3,104 m18.7 mi
Adobe PeakS 178°3,100 m11.4 mi
Nipple MountainNNE 12°3,022 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1516:0316:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343542495868747264524234
Precip in0.50.61.01.81.60.82.22.11.20.90.50.5

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

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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