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Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center

Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center from directly overhead

Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 4,294 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-northwest, 0.1 miles off. The nearest named place is America the Beautiful, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 9.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States

Wikidata Q665321, matched on coordinates and name (150 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.83991, -105.04264

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pikes Peak: 0.1 mi
  • Little Pikes Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Sachett Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Devil's Playground: 2.3 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • Ruxton Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hurricane Canyon Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Cascade Park: 5.3 mi
  • Mabel Willie Park: 6.6 mi
  • High Park: 6.6 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 42
  • Back to Kansas: 6.7 mi
  • Big Red Chair: 7.2 mi
  • Cougar Statue: 10.2 mi
  • Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 10.2 mi
  • Trailblazer: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 32
Cliffs: 25
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 22
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Main Pavilions A and B: 11.9 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakWNW 296°4,302 m0.1 mi
Little Pikes PeakNW 306°4,073 m1.1 mi
Devil's PlaygroundNW 318°3,984 m2.3 mi
Sachett MountainSE 143°3,837 m1.7 mi
Sentinel PointW 271°3,814 m3.3 mi
Sheep MountainSSW 191°3,780 m3.3 mi
Almagre MountainSE 142°3,768 m4.3 mi
Mount RosaSE 139°3,507 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:5020:29
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384656605853433326
Precip in0.71.01.93.12.52.13.93.91.91.20.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9354171248

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