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Fort Chambers memorial

Fort Chambers memorial from directly overhead

Fort Chambers memorial is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,575 m. Bald Mountain stands 2,782 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Valmont Butte, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Site of old Fort Chambers 1/4 mile east. Built on the farm of Geo. W. Chambers in 1864 and used during the Indian uprising
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.04373, -105.20688

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Gunbarrel Commons Park: 1.0 mi
  • Gunbarrel Commons Park: 1.1 mi
  • Twin Lakes: 1.2 mi
  • Eaton Park: 1.5 mi
  • Meadow Creek Apartment: 1.7 mi
Attractions
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Kick Ass Eagle Sculpture: 2.5 mi
  • Sculpture: 3.8 mi
  • Obelisk Fountain: 3.8 mi
  • Geographic Center of Boulder: 3.9 mi
  • Fred Folsom: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 50
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 5.7 mi
  • Front Porch: 6.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 9.8 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 10.0 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Hickory Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Barbeque: 4.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Boulder Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 24.1 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 25.0 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Fort Chambers memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainW 265°2,782 m13.0 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 209°2,724 m11.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 264°2,709 m11.3 mi
Walker MountainWNW 290°2,682 m11.3 mi
Scar Top MountainSW 215°2,675 m11.2 mi
Overland MountainWNW 296°2,651 m12.7 mi
Twin Sisters PeakWSW 243°2,650 m10.6 mi
Bueno MountainWNW 296°2,633 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5861810730

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