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Frontier Historical Society Museum

Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in ColoradoCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Frontier Historical Society Museum, a museum in Colorado
inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +) · CC BY-SA 2.0

Frontier Historical Society Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,768 m. Mount Sopris stands 3,841 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is A E Axtell Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1768 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.54395, -107.32617
Around it

148 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
  • Lookout Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Horse Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Sunlight Peak: 8.6 mi
  • Flatiron Mountain: 8.8 mi
Parks: 51
  • A E Axtell Park: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veltus Park: 0.3 mi
  • Two Rivers Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sayre Park: 0.6 mi
Hot springs: 8
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 2.2 mi
  • Grizzly Creek: 4.1 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 7.8 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 24.6 mi
Museums: 4
  • Powers Art Center: 10.9 mi
  • New Castle Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Silt Historical Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Rifle Heritage Museum: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 3
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 23.9 mi
  • Cross and Statue at Entrance: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Deep Lake Day Use: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rifle Falls: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frontier Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SoprisSSE 156°3,841 m21.4 mi
W MountainNNE 24°3,624 m24.9 mi
Huntsman MountainS 184°3,590 m24.9 mi
Turret PeakNNE 17°3,498 m23.8 mi
Blair MountainNNW 344°3,492 m18.0 mi
Timber MountainN 356°3,476 m24.3 mi
White River PlateauNNW 349°3,466 m14.8 mi
Hunns PeakN 359°3,420 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0020:41
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2716:0716:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F243040465564716961493626
Precip in1.11.21.21.61.71.01.11.31.61.61.11.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/971626578

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