Lowell Thomas Museum
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Lowell Thomas Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,959 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gresson Ore Sorting, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Gold Belt Tour runs past it.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 16 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Evening Star Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Battle Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Straub Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Big Bull Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad: 3.1 mi
- Mollie Kathleen Mine: 3.2 mi
- Pancake Rocks: 7.2 mi
- Seep Springs Arch: 12.2 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Mountain View Adventure Park: 3.4 mi
- Lower Beaver Park: 4.9 mi
- Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Cathedral Park: 6.4 mi
- High Park: 8.9 mi
- Rita the Rock Planter: 1.7 mi
- Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 15.9 mi
- Big Red Chair: 16.0 mi
- Back to Kansas: 16.9 mi
- Anklyosaurus: 17.8 mi
- Bear Sculpture Garden: 16.0 mi
- Shipping Container Farm: 16.0 mi
- The Secret Garden: 17.7 mi
- westside community garden: 18.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 18.9 mi
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 0.4 mi
- America the Beautiful: 10.4 mi
- Nelson Camp: 10.8 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 16.0 mi
- Mountaineer Train Memorial: 16.1 mi
- The Gym: 6.7 mi
- New Gym: 6.8 mi
- Spiney Ridge: 6.9 mi
- Cactus Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Gem Vault: 7.0 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 3.1 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 3.1 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 3.1 mi
- Heritage Center: 3.1 mi
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 3.4 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Barksdale Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 15.3 mi
- Twin Spring: 15.6 mi
- Stratton Spring: 15.7 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 15.8 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 15.8 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 13.9 mi
- Ramona: 14.8 mi
- Feather: 14.8 mi
- Bridal Veil: 14.8 mi
- Shorty: 14.8 mi
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 16.4 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 18.4 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 18.7 mi
- Dakota Hot Springs: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Lowell Thomas Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | NNE 30° | 4,302 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | NNE 24° | 4,073 m | 10.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | NNE 19° | 3,984 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | NE 39° | 3,837 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sentinel Point | NNE 12° | 3,814 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 39° | 3,780 m | 7.4 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | NE 54° | 3,768 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Rosa | ENE 74° | 3,507 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cripple Creek 3nnw, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/95167120
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 19 mi
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