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Colorado Memorial Shrine

Colorado Memorial Shrine from directly overhead

Colorado Memorial Shrine is a historic site in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,828 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Grass Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

park in El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49479268, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1828 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.82416, -104.75581

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prairie Grass Park: 0.3 mi
  • Trues Mill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Happy Hollow Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Honeybear Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Mountain View Playground: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Boeing KC-97: 2.0 mi
  • McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: 2.6 mi
  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: 2.8 mi
  • F-86L Sabre Dog: 2.9 mi
  • F-4C Phantom: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Skinner Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Austin Bluffs: 5.8 mi
  • Pulpit Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Mount Cutler: 7.0 mi
  • The Horns: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 42
  • The Virgin Mary: 0.9 mi
  • Green Dinosaur: 1.7 mi
  • Dinosauar: 1.9 mi
  • Sculpture garden: 2.4 mi
  • The Virgin Mary: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 32
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 18
  • Council Grounds: 3.4 mi
  • Kinnickinnick: 3.5 mi
  • South Canyon: 3.6 mi
  • Seven Castles: 3.6 mi
  • East Canyon: 3.6 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Weimer: 7.3 mi
  • Hull: 7.3 mi
  • Shorty: 7.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Colorado Memorial Shrine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakW 274°4,302 m15.5 mi
Little Pikes PeakW 276°4,073 m16.4 mi
Devil's PlaygroundW 279°3,984 m17.2 mi
Sachett MountainW 269°3,837 m14.4 mi
Sheep MountainW 262°3,780 m16.2 mi
Almagre MountainW 260°3,768 m13.0 mi
Mount RosaWSW 245°3,507 m11.4 mi
Mount Big ChiefWSW 243°3,404 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3519:4820:28
September equinox06:4718:2318:58
December solstice07:1515:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341485767727063514032
Precip in0.30.30.81.42.02.33.13.01.30.80.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358928954

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