Pioneer Monument
Pioneer Monument is a historic site in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,597 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Monument Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Pioneer Fountain, also known as Pioneer Monument, is a fountain and sculpture by Frederick William MacMonnies, installed in Denver, Colorado, United States. In the original version of the monument, which was commissioned in 1904, an Indian warrior appeared at the top of the fountain, but the Denver business community loudly protested, and the Indian figure was soon replaced with a statue of Kit Carson. The statue of Carson was temporarily removed in June 2020. Indigenous activists had long criticized the glorification of Carson, who led a violent campaign to expel Navajo people from the American West. The Denver Parks and Recreation department described their removal of the statue as a "precautionary measure to keep it from being torn down."
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Dates from 1911.
Wikidata Q85793411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,597 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 12 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 12 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 12 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Monument Park: 0.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- MacIntosh Park: 0.1 mi
- Civic Center Park: 0.1 mi
- Golden Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Denver Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Center for Colorado Women’s History: 0.2 mi
- Denver Firefighters Museum: 0.3 mi
- Denver Art Museum Frederick C. Hamilton Building: 0.3 mi
- American Museum of Western Art: 0.3 mi
- Union Station: 1.1 mi
- Historic Moffat Station: 1.3 mi
- Splashdown: 1.4 mi
- Jumpin' Jack: 1.4 mi
- Crazy Bus: 1.4 mi
- Ruby Hill: 4.1 mi
- Inspiration Point: 5.0 mi
- Mount Carbon: 10.1 mi
- Green Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Rebel Hill: 10.5 mi
- Sadie M. Likens Drinking Fountain: 0.0 mi
- Ten Commandments Tablet: 0.1 mi
- Joseph P. Martinez Statue: 0.1 mi
- Volunteers of the Spanish American War Flagpole: 0.1 mi
- Colorado Tribute to Veterans Monument: 0.1 mi
- Gang of 19 disability rights activism memorial: 0.0 mi
- Voorhies Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Cannons: 0.1 mi
- Sand Creek Interpretive Plaque: 0.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.1 mi
- Morey Middle School Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Wildflower Treasures: 1.4 mi
- Colorado Rocky Mountain Ecosystems: 1.4 mi
- Radical Plant Select Garden: 1.4 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 1.4 mi
- Park Hill Park: 3.5 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 8.3 mi
- Morrison Nature Center: 10.0 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 1.5 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 1.5 mi
- Pepsi Groves: 1.5 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 1.5 mi
- Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 1.5 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 11.3 mi
- The East Quarry: 11.7 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 15.5 mi
- Wildcat Point: 18.8 mi
- Front Porch: 22.8 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 9.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 9.9 mi
- Boat Beach: 18.9 mi
- Scuba Beach: 19.7 mi
- Arapahoe: 10.4 mi
- Mount Vernon: 12.2 mi
- Serene: 19.7 mi
- Dick: 20.3 mi
- Lee Gulch: 10.9 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 23.9 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Pioneer Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | WNW 285° | 2,969 m | 20.0 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 226° | 2,757 m | 20.5 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,724 m | 20.3 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 230° | 2,711 m | 19.0 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 288° | 2,686 m | 19.1 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 273° | 2,640 m | 19.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 223° | 2,638 m | 20.2 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 218° | 2,633 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:57 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358950938
Day trips start here
- Denver · 0 mi
- Arvada · 6 mi
- Golden · 13 mi
- Boulder · 25 mi
- Idaho Springs · 28 mi
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