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Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center

Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center from directly overhead

Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,605 m. Miramonte Mountain stands 2,915 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sombrero Marsh Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boulder Valley School District and Thorne Nature Experience

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.01183, -105.20242

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sombrero Marsh Park: 0.1 mi
  • Legion Park: 0.7 mi
  • Baseline Lake Recreation Group: 0.8 mi
  • Meadow Glen Park: 1.1 mi
  • Greenwood Community Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Hickory Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Centennial Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves: 57
Cliffs: 49
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 5.0 mi
  • Front Porch: 5.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 9.6 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 9.8 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Barbeque: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Boulder Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miramonte MountainSW 233°2,915 m13.8 mi
Blue MountainSW 218°2,846 m11.8 mi
Bald MountainW 274°2,782 m13.3 mi
Crescent MountainSW 216°2,724 m10.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 275°2,709 m11.5 mi
Walker MountainWNW 299°2,682 m12.5 mi
Scar Top MountainSW 223°2,675 m9.7 mi
Twin Sisters PeakWSW 254°2,650 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/200692621

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