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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. Crescent Mountain stands 2,724 m to the south-southwest, 12 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
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Coordinates40.04373, -105.20688

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gunbarrel Commons Park: 1.0 mi
  • Twin Lakes: 1.2 mi
  • Eaton Park: 1.5 mi
  • Meadow Creek Apartment: 1.7 mi
  • Christensen Park: 1.9 mi
Museums: 60
Artworks: 60
Peaks
Historic sites: 56
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: 40
  • 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
Attractions: 18
Picnic sites: 13
  • 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 13.3 miles of Fort Chambers memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crescent MountainSSW2,724 m11.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW2,709 m11.3 mi
Walker MountainWNW2,682 m11.3 mi
Scar Top MountainSW2,675 m11.2 mi
Overland MountainWNW2,651 m12.7 mi
Twin Sisters PeakWSW2,650 m10.6 mi
Bueno MountainWNW2,633 m12.3 mi
Nugget HillWNW2,609 m9.8 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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