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Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon from directly overhead

Mount Vernon is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,961 m. Hicks Mountain stands 3,073 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Honnen Hospitality, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

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Coordinates39.69072, -105.20860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Honnen Hospitality: 0.8 mi
  • South Sponsor Village: 0.8 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 0.8 mi
  • Council Tree and Old Rooney Dance Hall: 0.8 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 0.9 mi
Museums
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks: 56
  • Mother Cabrini Vending Machine: 1.6 mi
  • The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ: 1.6 mi
  • Station 1: 1.6 mi
  • Station 2: 1.6 mi
  • Station 3: 1.6 mi
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 47
  • Food Court: 0.8 mi
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 0.9 mi
  • Cottontail: 3.4 mi
  • Muskrat Meadows: 3.6 mi
  • Whitetail: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Maxwell Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 13.4 mi
  • Elk Falls: 16.8 mi
  • The Chutes: 21.6 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 2.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 15.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Mount Vernon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hicks MountainWSW3,073 m12.6 mi
Mount PenceW3,014 m11.6 mi
Snyder MountainW2,996 m12.0 mi
Centralia MountainNW2,982 m12.8 mi
Mount TomNW2,969 m11.5 mi
Bergen PeakW2,957 m10.1 mi
Douglas MountainNW2,927 m11.1 mi
Saddleback MountainW2,906 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5816:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 6 mi away.

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