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Gwillimsville

Gwillimsville from directly overhead

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.

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How to reach it

Coordinates39.10000, -104.77400

Overlooks nearby

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
Artworks: 41
  • 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: 35
  • 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: 32
Museums: 19
Picnic sites: 18
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Gwillimsville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cameron ConeSSW 208°3,263 m20.9 mi
Marys MountainSSW 210°3,004 m21.3 mi
Sheep MountainSSW 210°2,988 m20.7 mi
Ormes PeakSW 220°2,963 m13.5 mi
Devils HeadWNW 302°2,936 m20.7 mi
Bald MountainWSW 238°2,881 m15.4 mi
Mount ManitouSSW 212°2,877 m19.2 mi
Blodgett PeakSW 216°2,873 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3419:4920:29
September equinox06:4718:2318:58
December solstice07:1615:5816:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137435363686658473529
Precip in0.90.71.53.22.43.02.73.01.61.31.01.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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