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Rosita

Rosita from directly overhead

Rosita is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,684 m. Saint Charles Peak stands 3,593 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wakefield Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 3.0 miles off.

ghost town in Custer County, Colorado

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Coordinates38.09720, -105.33600
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Wakefield Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Pennsylvania Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Pocahontas Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Plymouth Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Plymouth HIll: 0.7 mi
Parks: 21
  • Hermit Park: 7.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
  • Jess Price Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
  • Ampitheatre: 7.8 mi
  • Summit Park: 7.9 mi
Museums: 6
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 6.5 mi
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 7.7 mi
  • Beckwith Ranch: 12.1 mi
  • Crestone Town Hall: 21.0 mi
  • Florence Pioneer Museum: 23.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Blue Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Bailey Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Patton Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Trover Spring: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • USFS CORNER: 14.4 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Venable Falls: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Isabel Picnic and Day Use Area: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Rosita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saint Charles PeakESE 114°3,593 m13.1 mi
Deer PeakESE 115°3,523 m9.1 mi
Round MountainE 95°3,367 m5.2 mi
Sperry MountainE 93°3,334 m4.7 mi
Wixson MountainE 87°3,295 m7.6 mi
Beck MountainSW 218°3,278 m13.1 mi
Antelope MountainESE 115°3,274 m6.1 mi
Gobblers KnobE 98°3,270 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3919:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0416:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735415059636155443324
Precip in0.50.61.11.61.40.82.72.00.90.90.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westcliffe, 8 mi away.

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