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Georgetown Energy Museum

Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Georgetown Energy Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,594 m. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.70606, -105.69502

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Library Corner Park: 0.1 mi
  • City Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.7 mi
  • Meadows Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Griffith Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Woodchuck Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Alpine Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Saxon Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Independence Mountain: 1.8 mi
Artworks: 59
Attractions: 48
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 22
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 0.1 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 0.2 mi
  • George Rowe Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Fire Station #1: 9.7 mi
  • Underhill Museum: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 4.6 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 6.1 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 7.0 mi
  • Eagles Aerie: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 17
Ghost towns: 10
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Maxwell Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Elk Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 24.1 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 21.1 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Georgetown Energy Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSW 233°4,352 m8.2 mi
Torreys PeakWSW 237°4,351 m8.0 mi
Mount Blue SkySSE 161°4,350 m8.6 mi
Mount BierstadtS 171°4,287 m8.6 mi
Mount SpaldingSSE 164°4,222 m7.6 mi
Mount EdwardsSW 228°4,218 m7.1 mi
Square Top MountainSSW 206°4,201 m8.6 mi
Argentine PeakSW 214°4,186 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3619:5420:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:42

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131675840

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