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Rosemount Museum, a museum in Colorado
Rosemount Museum, a museum in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rosemount Museum, a museum in Colorado
Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rosemount Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Rosemount Museum, a museum in Colorado
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain

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Rosemount Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,444 m. Big Red Butte stands 2,360 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Palace Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 0.7 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Rosemount Museum, pronounced "Rosemont" is a historic house museum in Pueblo, Colorado, it is situated on a square block at the corner of one of the highest points in north Pueblo and across the street from UCHealth Parkview Medical Center. It is a 24,000-square-foot, three story mansion with attic and basement and contains thirty-seven rooms. It was begun in 1891 and completed in 1893 for John A. Thatcher and his family. A 6,000-square-foot carriage house was also built on the property.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q65084900, matched on coordinates and name (62 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.28026, -104.61268
Around it

100 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Mineral Palace Park: 0.3 mi
  • El Pueblo Pride Park: 0.7 mi
  • Walk Of Legends: 1.0 mi
  • East Riverwalk Park: 1.1 mi
  • Gateway Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Big Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Smelter Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Baculite Mesa: 8.4 mi
  • Badger Hills: 13.9 mi
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 4
  • Heroes Plaza - National Medal of Honor Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Christopher Columbus Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 11.9 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 15.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Stinking Spring: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Red ButteWSW 246°2,360 m24.5 mi
Bears HeadWSW 252°2,332 m24.9 mi
Mount SignalSW 232°2,241 m24.6 mi
Timber MountainNW 324°2,103 m24.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 233°1,996 m24.8 mi
Booth MountainNW 316°1,965 m20.2 mi
Turtle ButtesSW 230°1,949 m21.2 mi
Buck HillNW 322°1,940 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3619:4620:26
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1216:0116:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544526172777566534031
Precip in0.40.41.01.61.71.52.52.40.90.80.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Pueblo, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/540865878

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