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Forney Museum of Transportation

Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Coloradomyself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
myself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
myself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
myself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
myself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forney Museum of Transportation, a museum in Colorado
myself ( User:Piotrus ) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Forney Museum of Transportation is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,582 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Globeville Landing Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

The Forney Transportation Museum is a transportation museum located in Denver, Colorado. It is named after the founder, J.D. Forney, who started Forney Industries, Inc., in Fort Collins.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1961.

Wikidata Q5470379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77785, -104.97064

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Centennial Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • M4A1 Sherman Tank: 1.0 mi
  • Taste: 1.5 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.5 mi
  • Trade Deficit: 1.6 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Great Apes: 2.0 mi
  • Congo Basin: 2.1 mi
  • Primate Panorama Forest Aviary: 2.1 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Emerald Forest: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 44
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 2.9 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 2.9 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Forney Museum of Transportation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 278°2,969 m20.4 mi
Blue MountainWNW 289°2,846 m20.6 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 294°2,724 m19.9 mi
Grannys HeadW 280°2,686 m19.4 mi
Scar Top MountainWNW 296°2,675 m21.0 mi
Centennial ConeW 265°2,640 m20.7 mi
Bear MountainWSW 238°2,630 m20.1 mi
South Boulder PeakNW 305°2,598 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/130808321

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