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Aspen Art Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Aspen Art Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Aspen Art Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,415 m. Castle Peak stands 4,352 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Marx • Phelan Building, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

Founded in 1979, the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Aspen, Colorado, United States. Its current Artistic Director and CEO is Nicola Lees who was appointed in 2020. AAM exhibitions include drawings, paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations and electronic media. The museum offers various learning programs and lectures with artists, curators, and academics.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1979.

Wikidata Q2854654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.18826, -106.81654

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shadow Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Red Butte: 2.0 mi
  • Red Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Aspen Mountain: 2.6 mi
Parks: 51
  • Conner Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Aspen Alps Park: 0.2 mi
  • Herron Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wagner Park: 0.2 mi
Museums: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ryks Waterfall: 9.5 mi
  • Devil’s Punch Bowl: 17.0 mi
  • Judd Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Hayes Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
Hot springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Emerald Lake: 17.3 mi
  • Emerald Lake: 22.2 mi
  • Meadows Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Chromatic Gate: 0.9 mi
  • Knight and Dragon: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • CBCS Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hot Spring: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Aspen Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakS 191°4,352.2 m12.6 mi
Maroon PeakSW 229°4,317 m12.3 mi
Pyramid PeakSW 222°4,274.7 m10.8 mi
Conundrum PeakSSW 192°4,271 m12.2 mi
North Maroon PeakSW 230°4,261 m12.0 mi
Cathedral PeakSSW 192°4,247 m10.9 mi
Twining PeakESE 105°4,155 m14.1 mi
Clark PeakW 259°4,137 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4219:5720:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212431384856626053433121
Precip in1.92.22.62.72.21.12.01.71.92.12.12.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4227991739

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