Morley
Morley is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,148 m. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fishers Peak State Park, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 8.8 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
94 named places within 25 miles
- Baldy: 1.4 mi
- Fishers Peak Mesa: 4.6 mi
- Bartlett Mesa: 4.8 mi
- Fishers Peak: 5.2 mi
- Osita Point: 5.3 mi
- Sugarite Canyon: 7.7 mi
- South Side Park: 8.8 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 9.0 mi
- Climax Canyon Park: 9.2 mi
- Central Park: 9.4 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 9.5 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 9.5 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 9.6 mi
- Raton Museum: 9.6 mi
- Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum: 9.8 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 2.7 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 9.2 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 10.7 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 13.5 mi
- Ludlow Memorial: 21.7 mi
- Raton: 9.3 mi
- north finial: 9.6 mi
- south finial: 9.6 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 1.3 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 8.1 mi
- Star: 9.4 mi
- Prospect Point: 9.9 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | NNE 26° | 2,920 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | NE 41° | 2,887 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | E 84° | 2,747 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | SE 125° | 2,709 m | 4.8 mi |
| Burro Mesa | E 83° | 2,666 m | 8.9 mi |
| Horse Mesa | ESE 107° | 2,662 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | ESE 111° | 2,661 m | 6.1 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | SE 130° | 2,636 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Maloya, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
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