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Agricultural Heritage Center

Agricultural Heritage Center from directly overhead

Agricultural Heritage Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,560 m. Kenny Mountain stands 2,830 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flanders Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boulder County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.20295, -105.15797

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Flanders Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dawson Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pratt Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hover Acres Park: 1.8 mi
  • Raber Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 8.7 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 16.0 mi
  • Front Porch: 17.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 18.4 mi
  • Main Blob Rock: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 59
Attractions: 53
Gardens: 32
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Second Start Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 3.8 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 6.1 mi
Museums: 27
  • Longmont Museum and Culture Center: 5.0 mi
  • Lyons Redstone Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Dougherty Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Shelby American Car Museum: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 15.1 mi
  • Heron Cove: 17.8 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Willows Landing: 18.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Wilson Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Agricultural Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kenny MountainWNW 294°2,830 m15.0 mi
Big John MountainW 268°2,765 m15.8 mi
Walker MountainWSW 242°2,682 m15.1 mi
Overland MountainWSW 249°2,651 m15.1 mi
Bueno MountainWSW 248°2,633 m14.6 mi
Miller RockWSW 256°2,633 m15.9 mi
Bald MountainWSW 251°2,627 m13.7 mi
Cannon MountainWSW 254°2,624 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12594921039

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