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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.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates39.95459, -105.16749

Overlooks nearby

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
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • Kerr Garden: 3.0 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
  • Hickory Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Centennial Community Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 54
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • 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: 25
  • 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

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Miners Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakWSW3,198 m14.0 mi
Centralia MountainSW2,982 m13.8 mi
Mount TomSW2,969 m13.6 mi
Miramonte MountainWSW2,915 m13.5 mi
Blue MountainWSW2,846 m10.5 mi
Windy PeakWSW2,780 m13.0 mi
Crescent MountainWSW2,724 m8.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW2,709 m14.2 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13043426721

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