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Miners Museum/Lewis House;Miners Museum

Miners Museum/Lewis House;Miners Museum from directly overhead

Miners Museum/Lewis House;Miners Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,596 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1596 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.99805, -105.08954

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Trinity: 0.1 mi
  • Plain Air Bear: 0.1 mi
  • Nap Time: 0.2 mi
  • Imagination: 0.2 mi
  • Starfox: 0.2 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Lafayette City Park: 0.3 mi
  • Simpson Mine Park: 0.4 mi
  • Romero Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ofelia Miramontes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Silver Creek Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Community garden: 4.9 mi
  • Xeriscape demonstration garden: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves: 58
  • Rothman Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Josephine Roche Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Kneebone Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Greenlee Wildlife Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Warembourg-Lafayette Farms: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 10.6 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 10.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 15.5 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 15.8 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Barbeque: 8.5 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 17.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 17.6 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 1
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Miners Museum/Lewis House;Miners Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWSW 238°2,846 m15.6 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 239°2,724 m13.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 277°2,709 m17.5 mi
Grannys HeadSW 227°2,686 m17.4 mi
Scar Top MountainWSW 244°2,675 m14.0 mi
Twin Sisters PeakW 264°2,650 m15.7 mi
Nugget HillWNW 293°2,609 m16.7 mi
Fairview PeakNW 305°2,600 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543505869757365524133
Precip in0.40.51.21.92.31.51.71.31.21.10.70.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/659804919

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