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Frisco Historic Park & Museum

Frisco Historic Park & Museum from directly overhead

Frisco Historic Park & Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,766 m. Crystal Peak stands 4,213 m to the south, 9.7 miles off. Top of the Rockies passes 5.3 miles off.

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Coordinates39.57528, -106.10053

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Royal Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Little Chief Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Wichita Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Victoria: 1.7 mi
  • Ophir Mountain: 1.8 mi
Parks: 52
  • Frisco Historic Park & Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Windy Point Fisherman Park: 3.7 mi
  • Dillon Marina Park: 4.5 mi
  • Town Park: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 39
Attractions: 34
Museums: 28
  • Summit Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Lomax Placer Mine: 6.8 mi
  • Red White and Blue Fire Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Edwin Carter Discovery Center: 7.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Exploratorium: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 25
Gardens: 25
  • The Children's Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Silk Road Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Northeast Entrance Rock Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Mountain Perennial Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Aspen Grove: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Picnic sites: 7
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Williams Fork: 15.5 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Willow Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 4.2 mi
  • Continental Falls: 10.7 mi
  • East Vail Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Booth Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 2.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Frisco Historic Park & Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crystal PeakS 184°4,213 m9.7 mi
Peak 10S 181°4,150 m9.1 mi
Father Dyer PeakS 181°4,144 m10.0 mi
Mount SilverthorneNW 319°4,072 m7.2 mi
East ThornNW 322°4,065 m6.9 mi
Mount ValhallaNW 314°4,017 m8.6 mi
Mount HelenS 176°4,016 m10.2 mi
Red PeakNW 318°4,004 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131082419

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