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Heritage Center

Heritage Center from directly overhead

Heritage Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,040 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mollie Kathleen Mine, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 0.7 miles off.

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Coordinates38.75151, -105.16304

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Globe Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Carbonate Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mineral Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Ironclad Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Mountain View Adventure Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Beaver Park: 7.2 mi
  • Cathedral Park: 7.4 mi
  • Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 8.2 mi
  • High Park: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Mollie Kathleen Mine: 0.2 mi
  • Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad: 0.6 mi
  • Pancake Rocks: 4.9 mi
  • Halfway Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Rita the Rock Planter: 3.0 mi
  • Back to Kansas: 15.0 mi
  • Big Red Chair: 15.4 mi
  • Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 16.3 mi
  • Cougar Statue: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 31
  • Bear Sculpture Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Shipping Container Farm: 16.7 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 17.6 mi
  • westside community garden: 18.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • Gresson Ore Sorting: 3.2 mi
  • America the Beautiful: 8.9 mi
  • Nelson Camp: 11.2 mi
  • George Eber Duclo: 15.5 mi
  • Mountaineer Train Memorial: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • The Gym: 8.6 mi
  • Quarry Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Windy Point: 8.8 mi
  • Cactus Cliff: 8.8 mi
  • New Gym: 8.8 mi
Museums: 22
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Lowell Thomas Museum: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 13.9 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakNE 46°4,302 m8.9 mi
Little Pikes PeakNE 39°4,073 m8.8 mi
Devil's PlaygroundNNE 32°3,984 m9.2 mi
Sachett MountainENE 57°3,837 m8.9 mi
Sentinel PointNNE 27°3,814 m6.9 mi
Sheep MountainENE 64°3,780 m6.5 mi
Almagre MountainENE 73°3,768 m9.5 mi
Mount RosaE 89°3,507 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0116:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242532374758626054433324
Precip in0.50.61.31.71.81.83.23.41.70.90.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cripple Creek 3nnw, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/95048013

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