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Fire Station #1

Fire Station #1 from directly overhead

Fire Station #1 is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,315 m. Goliath Peak stands 3,724 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Underhill Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2314.96 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.74196, -105.51850

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Citizens Park: 0.1 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 0.5 mi
  • Courtney/Riley/Cooper Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ballfield Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Game Check Station Trailhead and Park: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Flirtation Peak: 0.5 mi
  • Seaton Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Bellevue Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Pewabic Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Banta Hill: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 52
  • Angel's Ridge: 8.8 mi
  • Pavillion Point: 10.3 mi
  • Meditation Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Clocktower: 16.2 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 41
  • Underhill Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Hidee Gold Mine: 3.3 mi
  • Gilpin Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Cloudland: 4.9 mi
  • Eagles Aerie: 5.4 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 5.8 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 18
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 3.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Fire Station #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goliath PeakSSW 211°3,724 m8.2 mi
Chief MountainS 183°3,566 m4.6 mi
Saxon MountainW 261°3,515 m8.1 mi
Mestaa’ėhehe MountainSSE 162°3,484 m4.5 mi
Warrior MountainSSW 204°3,436 m5.0 mi
Yankee HillNW 317°3,425 m8.2 mi
Papoose MountainS 176°3,407 m4.3 mi
Woodchuck PeakWSW 257°3,393 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2015:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384757636154443326
Precip in0.80.91.42.32.11.52.52.21.51.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/950735719

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