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Rangely Outdoor Museum

Rangely Outdoor Museum, a museum in Colorado
Rangely Outdoor Museum, a museum in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

Rangely Outdoor Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,618 m. Tanks Peak stands 2,651 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is East End Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond runs past it. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

Museum access and parking.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.08567, -108.78605
Around it

39 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
  • Spooky Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Mellen Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Banty Point: 11.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Walsh Knolls: 15.6 mi
Parks: 5
  • East End Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hefley Park: 1.2 mi
  • Park: 1.5 mi
  • City Park: 16.2 mi
  • Point of Pines Recreation Site: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 3
  • White Birds: 14.3 mi
  • The Hump-Backed flute Player / Kokopelli: 14.9 mi
  • Waving Hands: 17.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Dinosaur National Monument: 14.7 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 19.0 mi
Museums: 1
  • Rangely Automotive Museum: 1.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Plug Hat Butte Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rangely Outdoor Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tanks PeakN 3°2,651 m23.5 mi
Brushy PointS 173°2,590 m24.7 mi
Moose Head MountainNNW 346°2,588 m16.5 mi
Texas MountainS 189°2,577 m21.7 mi
Marthas PeakN 350°2,527 m25.0 mi
Lone MountainNNE 14°2,346 m17.5 mi
Sagebrush HillSE 134°2,337 m17.1 mi
Rabbit MountainSW 218°2,323 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:4720:0820:48
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3516:1016:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172538465667747262483420
Precip in0.70.70.91.11.20.70.71.01.31.20.90.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rangely 1E, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/645749040

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