Buell Children's Museum
Buell Children's Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,424 m. Big Red Butte stands 2,360 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Heroes Plaza - National Medal of Honor Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Frontier Pathways runs past it. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
The Buell Children's Museum is a children's museum in Pueblo, Colorado, United States that offers hands-on exhibits focusing on the arts, science and history. The Museum is accredited as a part of The Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and is affiliated with the Association of Children's Museums.
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Dates from 2000.
Wikidata Q18386074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sangre de Cristo Arts Center & Conference Center
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Frontier Pathways, National
- 28.9 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
99 named places within 25 miles
- Walk Of Legends: 0.3 mi
- East Riverwalk Park: 0.4 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
- Runyan Field: 0.9 mi
- Mineral Palace Park: 1.0 mi
- Smelter Hill: 0.7 mi
- Big Hill: 1.5 mi
- Baculite Mesa: 8.9 mi
- Beacon Hill: 9.1 mi
- Badger Hills: 13.3 mi
- El Pueblo History Museum: 0.3 mi
- Pueblo Heritage Museum: 0.7 mi
- Pueblo Heritage Museum: 0.7 mi
- Train Museum: 0.8 mi
- Rosemount Museum: 0.8 mi
- Heroes Plaza - National Medal of Honor Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Christopher Columbus Monument: 1.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Jackson Hill: 24.5 mi
- Pueblo Levee Mural Project: 1.0 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 1.9 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary and children: 2.0 mi
- Saint Therese: 2.0 mi
- Roller Coaster: 2.6 mi
- Pueblo Ghost Tour: 6.0 mi
- Pikes Peak International Raceway: 22.6 mi
- Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center: River Campus: 3.8 mi
- Clear Spring Ranch Park: 24.9 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 12.6 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 16.0 mi
- Mahatma Ghandi Peace Garden: 1.1 mi
- Liberty Point: 6.5 mi
- Swallows: 13.9 mi
- Stinking Spring: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buell Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Red Butte | WSW 248° | 2,360 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Signal | SW 234° | 2,241 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 235° | 1,996 m | 24.6 mi |
| Booth Mountain | NW 317° | 1,965 m | 20.9 mi |
| Turtle Buttes | SW 232° | 1,949 m | 20.9 mi |
| Buck Hill | NW 322° | 1,940 m | 22.6 mi |
| Beulah Hill | SW 234° | 1,900 m | 23.3 mi |
| White Butte | NW 321° | 1,764 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Pueblo, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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