Ghost town · Colorado
Duncan
Duncan is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,472 m. Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Milwaukee Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 20 miles off.
ghost town in Colorado
How to reach it
Coordinates37.87420, -105.61400
- 19.8 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Milwaukee Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cleveland Peak: 4.4 mi
- Tiseras Peak: 5.3 mi
- Tijeras Peak: 5.3 mi
- Music Mountain: 5.6 mi
Parks: 12
- Baca Grande Park: 8.6 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 9.6 mi
- San Luis Lake SWA: 14.3 mi
- Hooper Public Park: 16.8 mi
- Ralph Mitchell Park: 18.2 mi
Springs: 7
- Mosca Spring: 11.3 mi
- Denton Spring: 13.0 mi
- Patton Spring: 15.4 mi
- Bailey Spring: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Spring: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Hooper Town Park: 16.9 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 16.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
- USFS CORNER: 17.8 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 18.3 mi
Museums: 4
- Crestone Town Hall: 9.6 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 19.6 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 20.3 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 22.5 mi
Attractions: 3
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 12.9 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 14.7 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Copperstain Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Venable Falls: 14.0 mi
- Zapata Falls: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- Double Dipper: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Duncan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestone Peak | NNE 14° | 4,359 m | 6.6 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | NNE 14° | 4,359 m | 6.6 mi |
| Crestone Needle | NNE 18° | 4,329 m | 6.6 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | N 5° | 4,319 m | 7.3 mi |
| Challenger Point | N 3° | 4,294 m | 7.3 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | NNE 24° | 4,289 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Adams | N 3° | 4,248 m | 9.2 mi |
| Columbia Point | N 7° | 4,242 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crestone 2 SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 11 mi
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