Miramont Castle
Miramont Castle is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,962 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 15 miles off.
On the National Register of Historic places. Now a museum.
The story
house in Colorado, United States of America
Dates from 1895.
Wikidata Q6872746, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1895
What to expect
- Operated by
- Manitou Springs Historical Society
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 20 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mabel Willie Park: 0.1 mi
- Soda Springs Park: 0.2 mi
- Mansions Park: 0.5 mi
- Seven Minute Spring Park: 0.6 mi
- Schryver Park: 1.3 mi
- Red Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway No. 2: 0.6 mi
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings: 0.6 mi
- Cave of the Winds: 0.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 1.4 mi
- Balanced Rock: 1.4 mi
- Big Red Chair: 0.6 mi
- Cougar Statue: 3.6 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 5.2 mi
- Trailblazer: 5.2 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 5.4 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 0.6 mi
- Glen Eyrie: 3.0 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 3.4 mi
- For the Unborn: 3.7 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 5.2 mi
- The Secret Garden: 3.8 mi
- westside community garden: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 5.0 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 5.1 mi
- The Pinetum: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Center: 0.6 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 1.5 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 3.4 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 3.6 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 4.1 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 2.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 5.1 mi
- Windy Point: 6.2 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.6 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 17.5 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 4.7 mi
- South Canyon: 8.1 mi
- Lazy Land: 8.2 mi
- Sentinel Point: 8.3 mi
- Twin Spring: 0.1 mi
- Stratton Spring: 0.2 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 0.2 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 0.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 5.0 mi
- Weimer: 5.8 mi
- Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hull: 5.8 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 6.2 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 10.0 mi
- Husted: 10.6 mi
- Altman: 14.2 mi
- Franceville: 17.9 mi
- Lytle: 18.0 mi
- Gwillimsville: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Miramont Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | WSW 259° | 4,302 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 265° | 4,073 m | 7.4 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 272° | 3,984 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 244° | 3,837 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 263° | 3,814 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 237° | 3,780 m | 8.5 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | SW 219° | 3,768 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Rosa | S 191° | 3,507 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/305663013
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- Colorado Springs · 5 mi
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