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Colorado Railroad Museum

Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in ColoradoMilan Suvajac · CC BY-SA 4.0
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
Milan Suvajac · CC BY-SA 4.0
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
Milan Suvajac · CC BY-SA 4.0
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
Sean Lamb ( User:Slambo ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
Matt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Colorado Railroad Museum, a museum in Colorado
James St. John · CC BY 2.0

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Colorado Railroad Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,711 m. Ely Hill stands 3,048 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

About

The story

The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum. The museum is located along the former Colorado and Southern Railway line on 19.5 acres (7.9 ha) at a point where Clear Creek flows between North and South Table Mountains in Golden, Colorado. The museum was established in 1959 to preserve a record of Colorado's flamboyant railroad era, particularly the state's pioneering narrow-gauge mountain railroads.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1959.

Wikidata Q1111293, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1711 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77200, -105.19317

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tony Grampas Memorial Sports Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Fairmont Park: 1.5 mi
  • Arapahoe Park: 1.6 mi
  • City of Golden North Table Mountain Area: 1.6 mi
  • Vanover Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 3.1 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 4.9 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 5.0 mi
  • National Ice Core Lab: 5.0 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 52
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 5.0 mi
  • Food Court: 5.0 mi
  • Food Court: 5.1 mi
  • Food Court: 5.1 mi
  • LOB19: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 51
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 16.7 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Elk Falls: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Colorado Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely HillW 281°3,048 m12.3 mi
Mount PenceWSW 242°3,014 m14.0 mi
Centralia MountainWNW 293°2,982 m10.2 mi
Mount TomWNW 290°2,969 m8.9 mi
Bergen PeakSW 236°2,957 m13.0 mi
Douglas MountainW 276°2,927 m9.8 mi
Saddleback MountainWSW 253°2,906 m13.2 mi
Black Hawk MountainW 279°2,855 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341485767737062503932
Precip in0.60.81.52.32.61.71.91.61.31.20.90.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheat Ridge 2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/64357548

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