Kauffman House Museum
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Kauffman House Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,557 m. Mount Alice stands 4,048 m to the east, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Square Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
The Kauffman House is a rustic log house in Grand Lake, Colorado that functioned as a hotel from its construction in 1892 to 1973. It was built by Ezra Kauffman, a local prospector, trapper and builder of log structures who operated it as a hotel until his death in 1920 at age 71. It was then operated as a summer hotel by his widow and daughters until World War II. The log structure is built of timber cut, sawn and hauled by Ezra Kauffman. The logs were sawn on three sides and left rounded on the outside. Inside walls were lined with metal and a muslin facing, with wallpaper pasted to the fabric in most rooms, with colored fabric left exposed in some rooms. Oilcloth was used on the kitchen walls and ceiling. The logs were laid on a stone foundation. Gables are finished in fish-scale shingles. The house featured an indoor water supply fed from a galvanized tank in the attic, which was filled from a hand pump at the lakeshore. Water was hauled by hand in the winter. In 1946 the Kauffmans sold the house to Henry Rhone who operated it until 1973, when the Grand Lake Historical Society purchased the house for use as a museum. It is the only pre-20th century log hotel remaining in Grand Lake. The Kauffman House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1974.
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Wikidata Q6378670, matched on coordinates and name (65 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grand Lake Area Historical Society
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 0.9 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
- 18.0 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Overlooks nearby
- Farview Curve Overlook · 10 mi
- 2 miles above sea level · 11 mi
- Forest Canyon Overlook · 11 mi
- Rock Cut · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shadow Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Enentah: 2.8 mi
- Nisa Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Green Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Point: 3.1 mi
- Old Fall River Road: 13.8 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 15.0 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 18.6 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 18.6 mi
- Redemption Dog Sled Tours: 18.7 mi
- Adams Falls: 1.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.1 mi
- Granite Falls: 5.3 mi
- War Dance Falls: 5.3 mi
- North Inlet Falls: 5.5 mi
- Town Square Park: 0.1 mi
- James Cairns Open Space: 0.4 mi
- AA Barn: 3.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 4.1 mi
- Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- The Gable: 9.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 9.1 mi
- Chasm View: 10.7 mi
- East Face: 10.8 mi
- Tent Rocks: 12.6 mi
- Shipler Cabins: 12.6 mi
- Lulu City Site: 13.6 mi
- Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 15.2 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 15.7 mi
- Jeffrey Christensen: 15.8 mi
- Cross: 13.4 mi
- The Free Spirit: 14.3 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 14.4 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 14.4 mi
- Reaching Out: 14.4 mi
- Beaver Creek: 9.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Sprague Lake: 12.1 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 13.9 mi
- Endovalley: 14.1 mi
- Moffat Road Railroad Museum: 13.1 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 18.6 mi
- Just Ranch Historical Site: 19.2 mi
- Historical Museum: 19.3 mi
- Cozens Ranch Museum: 22.0 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 18.1 mi
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: 20.7 mi
- Cozens Ranch Open Space: 21.5 mi
- Button Rock Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area: 24.1 mi
- Lookout Springs: 16.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.0 mi
- Jacob Spring: 18.0 mi
- Wilson Spring: 19.8 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 17.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 17.9 mi
- Surprise Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hot Sulphur Springs: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Kauffman House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Alice | E 96° | 4,048 m | 8.2 mi |
| McHenrys Peak | E 84° | 4,036 m | 8.5 mi |
| Powell Peak | E 83° | 4,016 m | 8.2 mi |
| Taylor Peak | ENE 77° | 4,006 m | 7.4 mi |
| Isolation Peak | ESE 114° | 3,983 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Julian | NNE 21° | 3,940 m | 8.9 mi |
| Stones Peak | NE 36° | 3,930 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Ida | NNE 14° | 3,926 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 58 | 56 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Lake 1 NW, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/604741219
Day trips start here
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 8 mi
- Estes Park · 18 mi
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