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Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum

Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in WyomingMark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0
Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum, a museum in Wyoming
Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA · CC BY 2.0

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Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,876 m. Saddleback Mountain stands 2,416 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheyenne Frontier Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. The museum was founded in 1978. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to interpreting, conserving and exhibiting the history and material culture of Cheyenne, Cheyenne Frontier Days, the State of Wyoming and the American West. The museum features the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame. Permanent exhibits include Western horse-drawn carriages and wagons, the history and memorabilia of Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo celebration, local history of Cheyenne, pioneer artifacts and clothing, and Western and folk art. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum is home to the "World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration" with its permanent exhibit on the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days. Clayton Danks, the winner of three CFD competitions prior to 1910, is the model cowboy on the horse Steamboat on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider. The saddle which Danks won in CFD competition in 1907 was donated by his surviving family members to the museum in September 2013. Shirley E. Flynn, director of the museum from 1987 to 1991, penned the history of the Frontier Days celebration in her 1996 book Let's Go! Let's Show! Let's Rodeo! The History of Cheyenne Frontier Days.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1978.

Wikidata Q5094576, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheyenne Frontier Park

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15788, -104.83405
Around it

148 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Cheyenne Frontier Park: 0.1 mi
  • Absarraca Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.3 mi
  • Indian Village exhibition: 0.3 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 42
Peaks: 21
Gardens: 8
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 6
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cheyenne Frontier Days - Old West Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainWSW 254°2,416 m20.1 mi
Stone TempleW 275°2,341 m22.5 mi
Mesa MountainWNW 291°2,318 m21.1 mi
Table MountainWNW 287°2,301 m19.5 mi
Isley BenchmarkWNW 303°2,255 m24.3 mi
BM AS-P41SW 232°2,179 m20.8 mi
Table MountainSW 230°2,150 m23.3 mi
Eagle HillNW 318°1,994 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2819:5520:36
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:2215:5016:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293037435263706860473629
Precip in0.40.51.01.82.42.22.11.51.51.00.60.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/547347998

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