Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,106 m. Mount Massive stands 4,398 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Leadville Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies runs past it.
The story
historic house in Colorado, United States
Wikidata Q5691467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Top of the Rockies, National
- 12.0 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 5 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 8 mi
- Cabin ruins · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairview Hill: 0.8 mi
- Fryer Hill: 1.1 mi
- Carbonate Hill: 1.1 mi
- Iron Hill: 1.8 mi
- Yankee Hill: 1.8 mi
- Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 641: 0.3 mi
- Matchless Mine: 1.2 mi
- Pyrenees Mine Headframe: 1.3 mi
- Abandoned Bus: 3.0 mi
- Hopemore Mine Tour: 3.1 mi
- Ullr: 20.4 mi
- Deer: 20.4 mi
- The Nest: 20.4 mi
- Ciügaboc: 20.4 mi
- Isak Heartstone Troll: 20.4 mi
- Ice Palace Park: 0.1 mi
- Bob Zaitz Park: 0.2 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 7.6 mi
- Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 12.5 mi
- T11: 18.1 mi
- The Leadville Heritage Museum: 0.0 mi
- National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 0.3 mi
- Temple Israel: 0.4 mi
- Alma's Historic Ladies Aid Hall: 12.4 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 0.6 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 1.0 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 1.1 mi
- Dog Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 3.9 mi
- Adelaide: 1.9 mi
- Oro City: 2.5 mi
- Climax: 9.7 mi
- Buckskin Joe: 11.3 mi
- Pando: 14.4 mi
- Emerald Lake: 9.1 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Continental Falls: 16.2 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 20.3 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 23.6 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 19.5 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Massive | WSW 246° | 4,398 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Democrat | NE 53° | 4,314.5 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Sherman | ESE 106° | 4,280 m | 6.8 mi |
| Gemini Peak | E 100° | 4,243 m | 6.8 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | SE 128° | 4,235 m | 7.3 mi |
| Traver Peak | NE 46° | 4,223 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dyer Mountain | E 98° | 4,214 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Buckskin | ENE 58° | 4,205 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 41 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadville Lake CO AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/304373445
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 21 mi
- Vail · 27 mi
- Aspen · 28 mi
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