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Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, a museum in Colorado
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, a museum in ColoradoDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, a museum in Colorado
David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, a museum in Colorado
Ned from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, a museum in Colorado
Todd Carpenter from Chicago · CC BY 2.0

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Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,581 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Toxic Schizophrenia, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA Denver), in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1996 as the first dedicated home for contemporary art in the city of Denver. For seven years, MCA Denver occupied a renovated fish market in Sakura Square in lower downtown Denver.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q16895577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.75229, -105.00434

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Parks
  • LoDo Children's Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Confluence East Park: 0.2 mi
  • Commons Park: 0.3 mi
  • REI Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fishback Landing Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Centennial Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 2.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 47
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 0.4 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 0.5 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 0.5 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 0.5 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 0.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 11.7 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWNW 285°2,982 m20.1 mi
Mount TomWNW 284°2,969 m19.0 mi
Douglas MountainW 277°2,927 m19.9 mi
Blue MountainWNW 296°2,846 m19.7 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 301°2,724 m19.1 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 226°2,711 m18.9 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 287°2,686 m18.0 mi
Centennial ConeW 270°2,640 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/633496452

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