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Miners Memorial

Miners Memorial from directly overhead

Miners Memorial is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,675 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Asti Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
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Coordinates39.95459, -105.16749

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Asti Park: 0.0 mi
  • Grasso Park: 0.1 mi
  • Founders Park: 0.3 mi
  • Village Green Park: 0.6 mi
  • Purple Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Leon A. Wurl: 1.7 mi
  • Monarch No. 2 Coal Mine explosion: 2.0 mi
  • Monarch No 2 Coal Mine Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • Community garden: 1.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 3.0 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • The Frightmare Compound: 6.3 mi
  • Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 6.7 mi
  • White Rocks: 7.0 mi
  • Mork & Mindy Show House: 7.3 mi
  • Boulder Star: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 6.6 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 7.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 11.8 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 12.1 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Barbeque: 5.2 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Miners Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakWSW 253°3,198 m14.0 mi
Centralia MountainSW 231°2,982 m13.8 mi
Mount TomSW 226°2,969 m13.6 mi
Miramonte MountainWSW 251°2,915 m13.5 mi
Blue MountainWSW 239°2,846 m10.5 mi
Windy PeakWSW 240°2,779.776 m13.0 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 241°2,724 m8.8 mi
Grannys HeadSW 224°2,686 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13043426721

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