Museum · Colorado
Dungeon Museum
Dungeon Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,132 m. Thunder Butte stands 2,991 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Experience, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates39.22789, -104.90220
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 29 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Monkey Face: 0.6 mi
- Raspberry Butte: 0.7 mi
- Larkspur Butte: 1.9 mi
- Hunt Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Corner Mountain: 3.6 mi
Parks
- Larkspur Park: 1.1 mi
- Glen Park: 7.7 mi
- Santa Fe Open Space: 7.7 mi
- Twin Ponds Common Area: 8.1 mi
- Quarry Mesa Open Space: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 41
- Elephant Experience: 0.1 mi
- Colorado Renaissance Festival: 0.1 mi
- Camel and Llama Rides: 0.2 mi
- Maze: 0.2 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 30
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- The Homestead: 11.6 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Corporate Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 10.2 mi
- Cabin Ridge Picnic Ground: 11.6 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 11.7 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 25
- Demonstration Garden: 14.9 mi
- Labyrinth: 17.0 mi
- The Labyrinth: 19.2 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Retreat Communal Garden: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 22
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 15.0 mi
- Honor Wall: 15.1 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 15.2 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 15.2 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 14.0 mi
- Hungry Horse Open Space: 16.9 mi
- West Big Dry Natural Area: 20.0 mi
- Dad Clark Natural Area: 20.3 mi
- East Fork Natural Area: 20.5 mi
Museums: 4
- Castle Rock Museum: 10.3 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 14.5 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 23.0 mi
- Wings Over The Rockies Exploration of Flight: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Dakan: 8.8 mi
- Gwillimsville: 11.2 mi
- Husted: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Wildcat Point: 17.0 mi
- Ship Rock: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- The Chutes: 17.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
- Swim Beach: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Dungeon Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Butte | WSW 256° | 2,991 m | 16.3 mi |
| Devils Head | WNW 282° | 2,936 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 200° | 2,881 m | 18.0 mi |
| Blodgett Peak | S 181° | 2,873 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Deception | SW 223° | 2,849 m | 12.3 mi |
| Soldier Mountain | SW 214° | 2,798 m | 14.1 mi |
| Dakan Mountain | W 274° | 2,797 m | 8.8 mi |
| Devils Kitchen | S 185° | 2,785 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/292817012
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