Ghost town · Colorado
Franceville
Franceville is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,848 m. Almagre Mountain stands 3,768 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 3.4 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 29 miles off.
ghost town in Colorado
How to reach it
Coordinates38.80638, -104.59691
- 29.2 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Parkview Park: 4.0 mi
- Lizard Park: 4.9 mi
- Stingray Park: 5.1 mi
- Bell Park: 5.3 mi
- Travis Circle Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks
- Skinner Hill: 7.6 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Crows Roost: 13.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 13.6 mi
- Hunters Hill: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 59
- Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: 5.6 mi
- EC-121T Warning Star: 5.7 mi
- CF-100 Canuck: 5.7 mi
- CF-101B Voodoo: 5.7 mi
- EB-57E Canberra: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 41
- Blota Hunka (Warrior of the Plains): 6.1 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 8.0 mi
- Green Dinosaur: 9.9 mi
- Dinosauar: 10.0 mi
- Muffler Man: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 32
- Hillside Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 12.2 mi
- The Children's Garden: 12.3 mi
- Linnemann/Labyrinth Garden: 12.5 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 29
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- MIM-14 Nike Hercules: 5.7 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 5.8 mi
- LGM-30G Minuteman III: 5.9 mi
- Colorado Memorial Shrine: 8.6 mi
Museums: 17
- Peterson Air and Space Museum: 5.8 mi
- National Museum of World War II Aviation: 6.7 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 12.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 12.3 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
- Council Grounds: 10.1 mi
- Seven Castles: 10.2 mi
- East Canyon: 10.3 mi
- Pawnee Ridge: 10.3 mi
- South Knoll: 10.3 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 12.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 17.3 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 17.6 mi
- Navajo Spring: 17.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 15.3 mi
- Weimer: 15.3 mi
- Hull: 15.3 mi
- Shorty: 15.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Fountain Creek Regional Park: 10.7 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 12.0 mi
- Clear Spring Ranch Park: 13.4 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 13.4 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Corral Bluffs: 4.2 mi
- Point Sublime: 15.0 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 15.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.4 mi
- Windy Point: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Lytle: 20.3 mi
- Husted: 20.8 mi
- Gwillimsville: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 21.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Franceville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almagre Mountain | W 267° | 3,768 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Rosa | W 259° | 3,507 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | WSW 257° | 3,404 m | 20.9 mi |
| Runs-Down-Fast-Mountain | W 267° | 3,366 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Garfield | W 270° | 3,327 m | 18.9 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | W 272° | 3,303 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Arthur | W 271° | 3,293 m | 18.6 mi |
| Cameron Cone | W 275° | 3,263 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 12 mi
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