Ghost town · Colorado
Husted
Husted is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,162 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Core Values Ramp, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 22 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates39.00981, -104.88181
- 22.0 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 22 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Air Gardens: 0.3 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 0.3 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 0.5 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
- Tower of Babel: 8.9 mi
Parks
- TZO grass: 0.4 mi
- Flat Iron: 1.9 mi
- Cadet Tailgate Area: 2.2 mi
- Protected Habitat Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Marshall Sprague Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Cathedral Rock: 1.7 mi
- Eagle's Peak: 1.9 mi
- Blodgett Peak: 3.8 mi
- South Blodgett: 4.2 mi
- Fall Mountain: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 40
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 0.3 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 0.5 mi
- Honor Wall: 0.5 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 0.6 mi
- St. Clare: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 32
- Core Values Ramp: 0.3 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 0.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Eagle and Fledgling statue: 0.3 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 27
- Labyrinth: 4.1 mi
- The Labyrinth: 4.1 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- The Children's Garden: 8.7 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 8.8 mi
Museums: 22
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 3.1 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 7.9 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 10.5 mi
- Miramont Castle: 10.6 mi
- Heritage Center: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Memorial Grove: 5.0 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 6.0 mi
- The Homestead: 7.1 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 9.5 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Ute Chief Spring: 10.3 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 10.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 10.6 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 9.9 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 15.3 mi
- Hill: 15.8 mi
- Weimer: 15.8 mi
- Hull: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 11.5 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 11.9 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 13.6 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Dakota Hogback: 11.5 mi
- Point Sublime: 14.8 mi
- Windy Point: 15.5 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 18.2 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Gwillimsville: 8.5 mi
- Dakan: 18.6 mi
- Franceville: 20.8 mi
- Altman: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Husted. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SW 217° | 4,302 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | SW 221° | 4,073 m | 14.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | SW 225° | 3,984 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | SSW 210° | 3,837 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Garfield | SSW 194° | 3,327 m | 14.4 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | SSW 200° | 3,303 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Arthur | SSW 193° | 3,293 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cameron Cone | SSW 198° | 3,263 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument 3S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 12 mi
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