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Shep the Turnpike Dog grave

Shep the Turnpike Dog grave from directly overhead

Shep the Turnpike Dog grave is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,658 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Grave: Shep the Turnpike Dog

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Coordinates39.93019, -105.09441

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks: 60
  • Basking Boulders: 0.4 mi
  • Illuminate!: 0.7 mi
  • No Hooky: 0.8 mi
  • Genesis of a Community: 0.8 mi
  • Birds: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Parks
  • Zang Spur Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lac Amora Park: 0.3 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Richard Steele Park: 0.5 mi
  • Discovery Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Xeriscape demonstration garden: 1.6 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Standley Lake Gardens: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Interlocken Technology Park Sign: 0.9 mi
  • Broomfield 9-11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Terracina Entrance Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Welcome to Broomfield Sign: 2.1 mi
  • Monarch No 2 Coal Mine Memorial: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Lac Amora Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm: 1.2 mi
  • Ruth Roberts Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog Preserve: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 28
  • Barbeque: 9.4 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 13.2 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 13.2 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 13.2 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Shep the Turnpike Dog grave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakW3,198 m17.4 mi
Centralia MountainWSW2,982 m16.2 mi
Mount TomWSW2,969 m15.7 mi
Miramonte MountainW2,915 m16.9 mi
Blue MountainWSW2,846 m13.4 mi
Windy PeakWSW2,780 m15.8 mi
Crescent MountainWSW2,724 m11.9 mi
Grannys HeadWSW2,686 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543505869757365524133
Precip in0.40.51.21.92.31.51.71.31.21.10.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northglenn, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6001935393

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