Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,828 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamo Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.
The story
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is located at 215 S. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The granite building with a domed clock tower was the El Paso County Courthouse building from 1903 to 1973. The museum, which moved to this location in 1979, has fine arts, artifacts and archival collections that document the Pikes Peak region. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was the 2nd property to be listed in El Paso County, after Pikes Peak. Located within Alamo Square Park the museum is also home to the Starsmore Center for Local History, a manuscript collection and research facility.
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Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q14684405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
What to expect
- Operated by
- El Paso County
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 18.4 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alamo Square Park: 0.0 mi
- Palmer Center Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Antlers Park: 0.4 mi
- Carnegie Public Garden: 0.4 mi
- Acacia Park: 0.5 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 2.6 mi
- Ridgeline Pass: 3.2 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 3.4 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 4.0 mi
- Mount Cutler: 4.2 mi
- Mays Peak: 4.4 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 4.5 mi
- Muscoco Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Mount Buckhorn: 4.8 mi
- End of an Era: 0.0 mi
- The Great Pumpkin: 0.1 mi
- Truffles: 0.1 mi
- The Lighted Lantern: 0.1 mi
- Twilight: 0.1 mi
- Spencer Penrose: 0.2 mi
- First Stake Of The Fountain Colony: 0.3 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Man on the Iron Horse: 0.5 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 0.5 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 0.6 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 1.2 mi
- Cutler Hall Prairie Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 0.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 0.4 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 0.7 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 1.1 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 2.2 mi
- South Canyon: 4.0 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 4.2 mi
- Council Grounds: 4.3 mi
- Sentinel Point: 4.3 mi
- East Canyon: 4.3 mi
- Tahama Spring: 0.7 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 5.2 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 5.4 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.5 mi
- Hill: 4.6 mi
- Weimer: 4.6 mi
- Hull: 4.6 mi
- Shorty: 4.6 mi
- Bridal Veil: 4.6 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 0.8 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 6.9 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 3.1 mi
- Point Sublime: 3.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.7 mi
- Windy Point: 10.8 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Franceville: 12.3 mi
- Husted: 12.8 mi
- Lytle: 15.9 mi
- Altman: 18.0 mi
- Gwillimsville: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 273° | 4,302 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 276° | 4,073 m | 12.8 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 280° | 3,984 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 267° | 3,837 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 273° | 3,814 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,780 m | 12.7 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 254° | 3,768 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 232° | 3,507 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/186578858
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