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Louisville Historical Museum

Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louisville Historical Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0

Louisville Historical Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,630 m. Miramonte Mountain stands 2,915 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Statue of John Breaux, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.97980, -105.13229

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Statue of John Breaux: 0.2 mi
  • Animalhouse Bear: 0.5 mi
  • Melody: 0.5 mi
  • Sea Beast: 1.3 mi
  • April Charm: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Nawatny Greenway: 0.2 mi
  • Miners Field: 0.2 mi
  • Memory Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pirates Park: 0.2 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Community garden: 2.8 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 59
  • Aquarius Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Warembourg Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Adler-Fingru Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Esmail Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 8.3 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 8.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 13.3 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 13.6 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Barbeque: 6.3 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 17.1 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Louisville Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miramonte MountainWSW 247°2,915 m15.9 mi
Blue MountainWSW 237°2,846 m13.0 mi
Windy PeakWSW 238°2,779.776 m15.4 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 238°2,724 m11.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 282°2,709 m15.5 mi
Grannys HeadSW 225°2,686 m14.9 mi
Scar Top MountainWSW 245°2,675 m11.4 mi
Twin Sisters PeakW 268°2,650 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1642159826

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