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James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum

James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum from directly overhead

James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,093 m. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boulder County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.03947, -105.39320

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • The Peoples' Crossing: 5.4 mi
  • Eben G. Fine Park: 5.5 mi
  • Maxwell Lake Park: 5.6 mi
  • Foothills Community Park: 5.6 mi
  • Campbell Robertson Park: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Boulder Star: 5.7 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 6.3 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 6.4 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 6.4 mi
  • Mork & Mindy Show House: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 59
  • Oceanic Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Dream Dome: 2.2 mi
  • Lost Angel Wall: 2.3 mi
  • Wall of Winter Warmth: 2.3 mi
  • Wake Up Wall: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Museums: 37
Gardens: 34
  • Fortune Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Boulder Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Barbeque: 8.2 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 19.0 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainW 279°3,497 m8.5 mi
Starr PeakS 188°3,198 m10.2 mi
Boulder County HillWSW 246°3,109 m10.0 mi
Pomeroy MountainWSW 252°3,054 m10.3 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 301°2,820 m4.8 mi
Bald MountainWSW 253°2,782 m3.3 mi
Tungsten MountainSW 218°2,721 m8.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 237°2,709 m1.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/502111455

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