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Old Baseball Field

Old Baseball Field from directly overhead

Old Baseball Field is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,640 m. Doublehead Mountain stands 2,711 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Chair, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Inscribed stone close to where old home plate was.

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Coordinates39.73487, -104.87181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Havana Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fulton Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fletcher Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spencer Garrett Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 4.0 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 4.2 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 5.6 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 7.3 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 60
  • Ruby Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 10.6 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 15.2 mi
  • Highlands Point: 16.1 mi
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.8 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 12.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Baseball Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doublehead MountainWSW 240°2,711 m23.9 mi
Crow HillSW 234°2,638 m24.6 mi
Huebner PeakSW 230°2,633 m24.6 mi
Bear MountainWSW 251°2,630 m23.5 mi
High PeakSW 233°2,611 m23.9 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 296°2,594 m24.7 mi
Independence MountainWSW 253°2,539 m23.6 mi
Sampson MountainSW 228°2,524 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5883651208

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