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Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum

Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in ColoradoCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Smalling, Walter · Public domain
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Smalling, Walter · Public domain
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Smalling, Walter · Public domain
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, a museum in Colorado
Smalling, Walter · Public domain

Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,714 m. Castle Peak stands 4,352 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Totem Pole Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.87004, -106.98440
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Totem Pole Park: 0.1 mi
  • Henderson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Big Mine Park: 0.3 mi
  • Town Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
Museums: 9
Springs: 6
  • Hot Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
  • White Water Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Erickson Springs: 16.6 mi
  • Biebel Springs: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Judd Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Devil’s Punch Bowl: 13.4 mi
  • Ryks Waterfall: 23.0 mi
  • Hayes Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Emerald Lake: 10.1 mi
  • Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
  • Riverway: 24.3 mi
  • Neversink: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Knight and Dragon: 0.4 mi
  • Chromatic Gate: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • CBCS Community Garden: 0.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakNE 34°4,352.2 m11.7 mi
Conundrum PeakNNE 33°4,271 m12.0 mi
Cathedral PeakNNE 31°4,247 m13.2 mi
Star PeakNE 53°4,112 m12.5 mi
White Rock MountainNNE 22°4,110 m8.2 mi
Keefe PeakNNE 21°4,082 m12.0 mi
Treasury MountainNNW 328°4,080 m11.7 mi
Hilliard PeakNNE 21°4,079 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101422334352585649382411
Precip in2.72.52.12.01.50.92.02.01.91.72.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crested Butte, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/200656628

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