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NCAR Exhibits

NCAR Exhibits from directly overhead

NCAR Exhibits is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,865 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Jake, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.97806, -105.27530

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
Gardens
  • Centennial Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 1.4 mi
  • Arbor: 1.5 mi
  • Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 1.6 mi
  • Baseline marker: 1.7 mi
  • Frank Shorter: 2.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 49
  • Front Porch: 0.7 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 1.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 6.1 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Barbeque: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Boulder Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 23.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of NCAR Exhibits. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakSW 233°3,198 m9.6 mi
Thorodin MountainSW 232°3,195 m10.1 mi
Miramonte MountainSW 229°2,915 m9.3 mi
Blue MountainSSW 205°2,846 m7.7 mi
Bald MountainWNW 289°2,782 m9.9 mi
Windy PeakSW 215°2,779.776 m9.8 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 199°2,724 m6.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 294°2,709 m8.3 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3889737512

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