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Animas Museum

Animas Museum, a museum in Colorado
Animas Museum, a museum in ColoradoCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Animas Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Animas Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Animas Museum, a museum in Colorado
Morten Haan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Animas Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,027 m. Hesperus Mountain stands 4,033 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park Phase One, a park 0.2 miles away. San Juan Skyway runs past it.

About

The story

archive organization in Durango, United States

Wikidata Q30257851, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2027 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.29924, -107.87327

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Animas City Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Perins Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 3.1 mi
  • Smelter Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Florida Mesa: 4.3 mi
Parks: 38
  • Memorial Park Phase One: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park Phase II: 0.6 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Janson Memorial Playground: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 9
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 4
Springs: 4
  • Caviness Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Caviness Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Valley View Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Soda Springs: 21.4 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Durango Hot Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Pinkerton Hot Springs: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Animas Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hesperus MountainNW 310°4,033 m15.5 mi
Mount MossNW 311°4,022 m14.8 mi
Lavender PeakNW 311°4,020 m15.1 mi
Spiller PeakNW 307°4,000 m14.7 mi
Centennial PeakNW 312°3,981 m15.1 mi
Babcock PeakNW 309°3,968 m14.3 mi
Diorite PeakNW 315°3,889 m13.8 mi
Burwell PeakNW 305°3,857 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:5219:5720:36
September equinox07:0018:3619:10
December solstice07:2316:1716:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263240465464696760493627
Precip in2.21.71.31.21.20.51.92.32.21.91.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durango, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/777791036

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