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South Park City

South Park City from directly overhead

South Park City is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,041 m. Mount Lincoln stands 4,357 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Assay Office, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

open air museum in Fairplay, Colorado

Dates from 1959.

Wikidata Q2304558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.22521, -106.00445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Palmer Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Lamb Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Round Hill: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Assay Office: 0.0 mi
  • Smokehouse: 0.0 mi
  • Mill: 0.0 mi
  • Brewery: 0.0 mi
  • Carpenter Shop: 0.0 mi
Artworks: 20
Parks: 18
  • Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 5.2 mi
  • Bob Zaitz Park: 15.5 mi
  • Ice Palace Park: 15.6 mi
  • White Cloud Public Access: 16.7 mi
  • Antero Reservoir Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
Museums: 16
  • Alma Fire House & Mining Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Alma's Historic Ladies Aid Hall: 5.3 mi
  • South Park Rail Como Project: 8.7 mi
  • Tabor Home Museum: 15.4 mi
  • The Leadville Heritage Museum: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Hoosier Pass Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Clear Grit Mill: 12.0 mi
  • Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 16.1 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 16.3 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Picnic sites: 6
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Emerald Lake: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Continental Falls: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of South Park City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNNW 327°4,356.5 m10.4 mi
Quandary PeakNNW 335°4,349.9 m13.1 mi
Mount CameronNW 324°4,335 m10.4 mi
Mount BrossNW 324°4,321.6 m9.4 mi
Mount DemocratNW 318°4,314.5 m10.7 mi
Mount ShermanW 270°4,280 m8.9 mi
Gemini PeakW 274°4,243 m8.8 mi
Horseshoe MountainWSW 254°4,235 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202027334251575548382820
Precip in0.70.61.11.41.81.12.42.21.41.00.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairplay S Park RD, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/202321004

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