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Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in ColoradoKvng · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Kvng · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Kvng · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Kvng · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Kvng · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum in Colorado
Mark Gallagher from Colorado Springs, USA · CC BY 2.0

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,628 m. Miramonte Mountain stands 2,915 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

museum of modern art in Boulder, Colorado, United States

Wikidata Q59240396, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.01516, -105.27734

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central Park: 0.0 mi
  • Andrews Arboretum: 0.2 mi
  • Barker Park: 0.3 mi
  • Haertling Sculpture Park: 0.3 mi
  • Norlin Quad: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 60
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 52
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 1.6 mi
  • Front Porch: 2.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 5.9 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Barbeque: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boulder Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 23.3 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miramonte MountainSW 219°2,915 m11.1 mi
Blue MountainSSW 199°2,846 m10.1 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 292°2,820 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainW 275°2,782 m9.3 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 193°2,724 m8.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 276°2,709 m7.5 mi
Walker MountainNW 310°2,682 m9.0 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 200°2,675 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/207394086

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