Ghost town · Colorado
Gwillimsville
Gwillimsville is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,231 m. Cameron Cone stands 3,263 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away.
ghost town in Colorado
How to reach it
Coordinates39.10000, -104.77400
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 30 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Spruce Hill: 1.8 mi
- Best Butte: 4.0 mi
- Bucks Mountain: 4.6 mi
- True Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.8 mi
Parks
- Sanctuary Pointe Park: 3.1 mi
- The Meadows Open Space: 3.3 mi
- North Park: 3.5 mi
- Promontory Pointe Park and Common Area: 3.7 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 3.9 mi
Attractions
- Air Gardens: 8.8 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 8.8 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 8.9 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 9.1 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 40
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 7.7 mi
- St. Clare: 7.9 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 8.7 mi
- Golden Egg: 8.8 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 6.8 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 7.4 mi
- Ackerman Overlook: 8.6 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 8.7 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 27
- Labyrinth: 7.7 mi
- The Labyrinth: 11.7 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- The Children's Garden: 12.9 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 13.0 mi
Museums: 19
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 5.9 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 11.2 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 14.9 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 17.8 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Memorial Grove: 7.1 mi
- The Homestead: 9.3 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 13.4 mi
- Lazy Land: 14.8 mi
Springs: 11
- Ute Chief Spring: 18.2 mi
- Tahama Spring: 18.2 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 18.2 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 18.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 17.9 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 22.6 mi
- Hill: 22.7 mi
- Weimer: 22.7 mi
- Hull: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 17.9 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 18.3 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 19.5 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Ship Rock: 15.1 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 18.6 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 18.7 mi
- Point Sublime: 21.7 mi
- Windy Point: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Husted: 8.5 mi
- Dakan: 18.3 mi
- Bijou Basin: 19.2 mi
- Franceville: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Gwillimsville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Cone | SSW 208° | 3,263 m | 20.9 mi |
| Marys Mountain | SSW 210° | 3,004 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,988 m | 20.7 mi |
| Ormes Peak | SW 220° | 2,963 m | 13.5 mi |
| Devils Head | WNW 302° | 2,936 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Manitou | SSW 212° | 2,877 m | 19.2 mi |
| Blodgett Peak | SW 216° | 2,873 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Deception | W 270° | 2,849 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 18 mi
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