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Lamar Station

Lamar Station from directly overhead

Lamar Station is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,641 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Connected, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

About

The story

RTD light rail station in Lakewood, Colorado

Dates from 2013-04.

Wikidata Q16893934, matched on coordinates and name (5 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
6363 W. 13th Avenue
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Customers only
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.73668, -105.06705

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Molholm School Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mountair Park: 0.4 mi
  • Aviation Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Heights Bridle Park: 1.1 mi
  • Citizen's Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Casa Bonita: 0.4 mi
  • Twister III Rollercoaster: 2.9 mi
  • Brain Drain: 2.9 mi
  • Half Pipe: 2.9 mi
  • Boomerang: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Colfax-Lakewood Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Lakewood-Colfax Monument: 0.8 mi
  • USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Logan: 2.4 mi
  • WR: 2.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 47
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lee Gulch: 11.2 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 9.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Lamar Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWNW 292°2,982 m17.3 mi
Mount TomWNW 290°2,969 m16.1 mi
Douglas MountainWNW 282°2,927 m16.8 mi
Blue MountainNW 304°2,846 m17.3 mi
Berrian MountainSW 224°2,785 m17.4 mi
Crescent MountainNW 310°2,724 m17.0 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 221°2,711 m15.9 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 294°2,686 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8490294504

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