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History Colorado Center

History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
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History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
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History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
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History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
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History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
Xnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 4.0
History Colorado Center, a museum in Colorado
Xnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 4.0

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History Colorado Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,600 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Scottish Angus Cow and Calf, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

The History Colorado Center is a museum in Denver, Colorado, US, dedicated to the history of the state of Colorado. Construction on the $111 million building started on August 19, 2009. The museum opened on 28 April 2012 at 1200 Broadway, one block south of the site of its predecessor, the Colorado History Museum, which closed in 2010. The center is administered by History Colorado, formerly the Colorado Historical Society.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2012.

Wikidata Q5774677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.73568, -104.98686

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Golden Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lincoln Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Monument Park: 0.3 mi
  • MacIntosh Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Sand Creek Interpretive Plaque: 0.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Cannons: 0.3 mi
  • Space Shuttle Challenger Aspen Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Pearl Harbor Memorial: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Wildflower Treasures: 1.3 mi
  • Colorado Rocky Mountain Ecosystems: 1.3 mi
  • Radical Plant Select Garden: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 1.7 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 3.7 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 8.6 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 10.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 1.7 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 1.7 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 1.7 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 1.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 10.6 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 13.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of History Colorado Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 286°2,969 m20.1 mi
Legault MountainSW 227°2,757 m20.3 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 231°2,711 m18.9 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 289°2,686 m19.2 mi
Centennial ConeW 273°2,640 m19.8 mi
Crow HillSW 223°2,638 m20.0 mi
Huebner PeakSW 219°2,633 m20.4 mi
Bear MountainWSW 244°2,630 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/105429742

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