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Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum

Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum, a museum in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0

Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,622 m. Mount Gunnison stands 3,860 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Knob Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1622 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.79804, -107.72006

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knob Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Duke Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Redlands Mesa: 6.9 mi
  • Shamrock Mesa: 7.4 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 7.8 mi
Parks: 34
  • Delta National Fish Hatchery: 2.0 mi
  • Poulos Park: 8.2 mi
  • Northfork Miners Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Paonia River Park: 8.5 mi
  • Paonia Park: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Firebear: 19.5 mi
  • decratave fire hydrant: 21.7 mi
  • the rock: 21.7 mi
  • mini train: 22.9 mi
  • Where Eagles Dare: 23.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Mays Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Wiley Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Stephens Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Clark Spring No 1: 8.3 mi
  • Corral Spring No 1: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Needle Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Moab trail rte 3: 19.9 mi
  • Moab trail rte 2: 20.9 mi
  • Moab trail rte 2: 21.5 mi
  • Moab trail rte 2: 24.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 5
  • Paonia Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Museum of the Mountain West: 22.0 mi
  • Museum of the Mountain West: 22.0 mi
  • Montrose County Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Ward Way Picnic Site: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GunnisonE 87°3,860 m18.2 mi
Mount GueroESE 107°3,674 m18.8 mi
Sheep MountainESE 104°3,616 m19.1 mi
Bald MountainESE 119°3,592 m19.2 mi
Coal MountainE 93°3,567 m12.8 mi
Mount LambornE 88°3,474 m10.6 mi
Crater PeakN 10°3,447 m17.0 mi
Mount HattenN 7°3,446 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4720:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2616:1116:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273342495868747264524028
Precip in1.21.21.21.21.30.61.01.31.51.41.11.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366396496

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