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Museum Collections - Bruce Curtis Building

Museum Collections - Bruce Curtis Building from directly overhead

Museum Collections - Bruce Curtis Building is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,657 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Newly renovated collections, research, and teaching facility.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1657 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
University of Colorado Boulder
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.00749, -105.27417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Museums
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 52
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 1.3 mi
  • Front Porch: 2.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 6.0 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Barbeque: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Boulder Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Museum Collections - Bruce Curtis Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakSW 224°3,198 m11.0 mi
Miramonte MountainSW 221°2,915 m10.8 mi
Blue MountainSSW 201°2,846 m9.6 mi
Bald MountainW 278°2,782 m9.5 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 195°2,724 m8.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 280°2,709 m7.8 mi
Walker MountainNW 312°2,682 m9.5 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 202°2,675 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/46198370

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