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Heritage Courtyard at Library Park

Heritage Courtyard at Library Park from directly overhead

Heritage Courtyard at Library Park is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,517 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,230 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Library Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cache la Poudre--North Park runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

How to reach it

Coordinates40.58457, -105.07351

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Library Park: 0.0 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.4 mi
  • Buckingham Park: 0.4 mi
  • Old Fort Collins Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Udall Natural Area: 0.3 mi
  • Homestead Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • River's Edge: 1.0 mi
  • Springer Natural Area: 1.0 mi
  • Salyer Natural Area: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Cliffs: 17
  • Exit Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Ship's Prow: 4.5 mi
  • Nipple Wall: 4.5 mi
  • North Slab: 4.5 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 4.5 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 13
  • Annie's Grave: 0.4 mi
  • Don Lightbody: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 4.2 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Strauss Cabin: 5.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Willows Landing: 9.4 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Heron Cove: 9.7 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Horsetooth Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 10.7 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Nelson Spring: 15.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Heritage Courtyard at Library Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainW 260°3,230 m20.6 mi
West White Pine MountainW 274°3,140 m20.9 mi
East White Pine MountainW 274°3,111 m19.6 mi
Crystal MountainW 261°3,029 m19.1 mi
Storm MountainWSW 247°3,015 m17.8 mi
Crosier MountainWSW 240°2,809 m21.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 229°2,722 m21.8 mi
Boiler HillWSW 257°2,697 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3019:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442495867737163503931
Precip in0.40.51.32.12.71.91.61.41.41.30.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/794592505

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