Redstone Coke Oven Historic District
Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,191 m. Maroon Peak stands 4,317 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Redstone Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
The story
The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is located at the intersection of State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Road outside Redstone, Colorado, United States. It consists of the remaining coke ovens built at the end of the 19th century by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. In 1990, it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two hundred were built, because the coal in the surrounding mountains was ideal for refining into coke. At their peak, they were producing almost 6 million tons a year. The development was the beginning of the modern settlement of Redstone. There are very few coke ovens of their type remaining in the West; the ovens are themselves the only remnant of the sizable coking operation in the area, the largest at the time in Colorado. Within ten years of their construction the ovens fell into disuse when the mines closed. Their support steel was removed during the scrap metal drives of World War II, and later they were used as living space by hippies who moved into Redstone. The possibility that some might be demolished to build a gas station eventually led Pitkin County to acquire the land in the mid-2000s, and since then some have been restored.
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Wikidata Q7306285, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- "THIS MONUMENT STANDS IN TRIBUTE TO THE MINERS OF COAL BASIN, WHO CONFRONTED ADVERSITY AND PROVED THEMSELVES RESOURCEFUL, INNOVATIVE AND INTREPID. WE.... (continued)"
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Huntsman Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Gallo Hill: 6.7 mi
- Mount Sopris: 6.9 mi
- Mount Daly: 7.3 mi
- Redstone Park: 0.2 mi
- Marble Mill Site Park: 8.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 14.7 mi
- Hendrick Dog Park: 14.9 mi
- Hendrick Ranch Park: 14.9 mi
- Redstone Museum: 0.2 mi
- Marble Museum: 8.0 mi
- Powers Art Center: 16.6 mi
- Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum: 21.8 mi
- Wheeler/Stallard House Museum: 22.1 mi
- The Raggeds: 10.9 mi
- The Slides: 16.4 mi
- Seven Castles: 20.7 mi
- Iron Point: 21.0 mi
- Lower Buttressess: 21.4 mi
- North Mesa: 17.5 mi
- Sky Mountain Park: 18.6 mi
- Moore Open Space: 21.2 mi
- Marolt Open Space: 21.7 mi
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies: 22.5 mi
- Hayes Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Devil’s Punch Bowl: 12.7 mi
- Judd Falls: 20.8 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 3.3 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 22.1 mi
- Crystal River Jeep Tours: 8.0 mi
- Breathtaker: 16.4 mi
- Maze: 22.1 mi
- Crystal Mill: 11.2 mi
- Irwin Cemetery: 24.1 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 24.7 mi
- Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- The Peace Garden: 15.3 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Emerald Lake: 16.0 mi
- Crystal: 11.3 mi
- Erickson Springs: 15.9 mi
- Chromatic Gate: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Redstone Coke Oven Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon Peak | ESE 119° | 4,317 m | 15.5 mi |
| Capitol Peak | ESE 104° | 4,309 m | 8.8 mi |
| Snowmass Mountain | ESE 115° | 4,297.3 m | 10.3 mi |
| North Maroon Peak | ESE 118° | 4,261 m | 15.4 mi |
| Hagerman Peak | ESE 116° | 4,211 m | 10.8 mi |
| Clark Peak | ESE 102° | 4,137 m | 9.9 mi |
| Snowmass Peak | ESE 116° | 4,102 m | 11.1 mi |
| Treasury Mountain | SSE 146° | 4,080 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aspen Pitkin CO AP Sardy FLD, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/993991728
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