Lake City Museum
Lake City Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,644 m. Uncompahgre Peak stands 4,365 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway runs past it.
The story
town in and county seat of Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States
Wikidata Q2278225, matched on coordinates and name (693 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
- On the Alpine Loop
- 18.3 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Windy Point Observation Site · 5 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 16 mi
- Sunnyside Mill Ruins Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Look Out Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Station Eleven: 1.1 mi
- Neoga Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Rock: 1.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Peak: 3.6 mi
- Pumphouse Park: 0.2 mi
- Dynamite Shack: 0.6 mi
- Beer Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mother Cline Slide: 18.5 mi
- The Blowout: 18.8 mi
- Golconda Compressor / Blacksmith House: 13.5 mi
- Golconda Boarding House: 13.5 mi
- Animas Forks: 15.3 mi
- Duncan House: 15.3 mi
- Frisco Mill: 15.8 mi
- Alferd Packer Site: 2.2 mi
- Alferd Packer Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Ute-Ulay Mine: 3.4 mi
- Capitol City: 8.3 mi
- Capitol City: 8.3 mi
- Town Park: 0.1 mi
- Hinsdale County Veteran Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park Terrace: 0.2 mi
- Cebolla Game Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Crooke Falls: 1.0 mi
- Treasure Falls: 2.5 mi
- Argenta Falls: 2.9 mi
- North Clear Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- South Clear Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
- Henson: 3.3 mi
- Capitol City: 8.3 mi
- Animas Forks: 15.1 mi
- Eureka: 16.9 mi
- Ironton: 20.8 mi
- Russ Brown Gallery: 0.1 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 19.3 mi
- historic mine cart: 19.3 mi
- historic mine cart: 19.3 mi
- historic mine cart: 19.3 mi
- Tenmile Springs: 15.5 mi
- Addington Springs: 17.7 mi
- Goose Creek Spring: 19.6 mi
- Cebolla Hot Springs: 20.8 mi
- Cutler Spring: 22.1 mi
- Cebolla Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 23.9 mi
- Creede Underground Mining Museum: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Lake City Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncompahgre Peak | WNW 291° | 4,365 m | 8.5 mi |
| Handies Peak | SW 232° | 4,284.8 m | 12.9 mi |
| Redcloud Peak | SW 224° | 4,280 m | 8.2 mi |
| Wetterhorn Peak | WNW 282° | 4,274 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sunshine Peak | SW 219° | 4,269 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mark Mountain | SW 218° | 4,217.8 m | 7.1 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SW 232° | 4,215 m | 14.5 mi |
| Half Peak | SW 216° | 4,209 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 23 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 44 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake City, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/719418818
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