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Avery House

Avery House 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 Civic Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 0.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Poudre Landmarks Foundation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.58739, -105.08218

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Civic Center Park: 0.1 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.2 mi
  • Library Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lee Martinez Park: 0.5 mi
  • Old Fort Collins Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Udall Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • River's Edge: 0.8 mi
  • Salyer Natural Area: 0.9 mi
  • McMurry Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Homestead Natural Area: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 17
  • Scoop Area: 4.1 mi
  • Nipple Wall: 4.1 mi
  • North Slab: 4.1 mi
  • Exit Wall: 4.1 mi
  • Ship's Prow: 4.1 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 13
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Willows Landing: 9.7 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Heron Cove: 10.0 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horsetooth Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 11.0 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 14.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Nelson Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Bedsprings: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Avery House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainW 260°3,230 m20.2 mi
West White Pine MountainW 274°3,140 m20.5 mi
East White Pine MountainW 274°3,111 m19.1 mi
Crystal MountainW 260°3,029 m18.7 mi
Storm MountainWSW 246°3,015 m17.4 mi
Crosier MountainWSW 239°2,809 m21.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 227°2,722 m21.6 mi
Boiler HillWSW 256°2,697 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3019:5420:35
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5999507786

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