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Avenir Museum

Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Avenir Museum, a museum in ColoradoGage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Avenir Museum, a museum in Colorado
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0

Avenir Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,523 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,230 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Allicar Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 1.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Colorado State University

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.56894, -105.07386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • CSU Trial Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Creekside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Spring Park: 0.5 mi
  • Indian Hills Park: 0.7 mi
  • Eastside Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Mallard's Nest Natural Area: 0.5 mi
  • Springer Natural Area: 1.2 mi
  • Udall Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Homestead Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Fischer Natural Area: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 17
  • Piano Ridge: 4.3 mi
  • Bootie Slab: 4.3 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Ship's Prow: 4.3 mi
  • Exit Wall: 4.3 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 13
  • Annie's Grave: 1.5 mi
  • Don Lightbody: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 3.5 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Strauss Cabin: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Willows Landing: 8.4 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Heron Cove: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horsetooth Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 9.7 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Nelson Spring: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Avenir Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainW 263°3,230 m20.4 mi
West White Pine MountainW 277°3,140 m21.0 mi
East White Pine MountainW 277°3,111 m19.7 mi
Crystal MountainW 264°3,029 m18.9 mi
Storm MountainWSW 251°3,015 m17.4 mi
Crosier MountainWSW 243°2,809 m20.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 231°2,722 m21.1 mi
Boiler HillW 261°2,697 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5416:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442495867737163503931
Precip in0.40.51.32.12.71.91.61.41.41.30.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8835191335

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