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Edwin Carter Discovery Center

Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in ColoradoCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Aspensmonster · CC BY-SA 4.0
Edwin Carter Discovery Center, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain

Edwin Carter Discovery Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,917 m. Quandary Peak stands 4,350 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sheave, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.6 miles off.

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Coordinates39.48307, -106.04524

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shock Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Barney Ford Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Little Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Gibson Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks: 45
  • Prospector Park: 0.0 mi
  • River Walk Lawn: 0.2 mi
  • Alpine Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Carter Park: 0.4 mi
  • High Line Railroad Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 37
Attractions: 34
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 27
  • Mountain Top Exploratorium: 0.2 mi
  • Red White and Blue Fire Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Barney Ford House Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Breckenridge History Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Lomax Placer Mine: 0.4 mi
Gardens: 26
  • The Children's Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Silk Road Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Schoolhouse Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Perennial Borders: 20.2 mi
  • Primula Garden: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Picnic sites: 7
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Continental Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 11.2 mi
  • East Vail Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Booth Falls: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Edwin Carter Discovery Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quandary PeakSSW 209°4,349.9 m6.8 mi
Fletcher MountainSW 219°4,239 m7.1 mi
Pacific PeakSW 225°4,227 m5.9 mi
Crystal PeakSW 228°4,213 m5.0 mi
Atlantic PeakSW 222°4,211 m6.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 123°4,175 m4.8 mi
Wheeler MountainSW 214°4,154 m8.6 mi
Peak 10SW 228°4,150 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3819:5520:36
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2216:0216:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161926334251575548372617
Precip in0.91.01.11.41.31.11.91.91.41.00.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 1 E, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/225432143

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