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Ute Indian Museum

Ute Indian Museum, a museum in Colorado
Ute Indian Museum, a museum in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0

Ute Indian Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,780 m. Storm King stands 3,456 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Ouray and Chipeta Memorial, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. San Juan Skyway passes 19 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Ute Indian Museum is a local history museum in Montrose, Colorado, United States. It is administered by History Colorado (the Colorado Historical Society). The museum presents the history of the Ute tribe of Native Americans. It was built in 1956 and expanded in 1998 and again in 2017. The museum building is located on the 8.65-acre (3.50 ha) homestead of Chief Ouray (c.1833–1880) and his wife, Chipeta (1843/4–1924). The grounds of the museum include the Chief Ouray Memorial Park, Chipeta's Crypt, and a native plants garden.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1956.

Wikidata Q7902603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1780 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.43484, -107.86782
Around it

131 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
  • Spring Creek Mesa: 3.6 mi
  • Sims Mesa: 3.7 mi
  • Beaver Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Flat Top: 5.7 mi
  • North Mesa: 6.6 mi
Parks: 35
  • Chief Ouray and Chipeta Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Chipeta State Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rainbow Meadows Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ute Park: 2.0 mi
  • Riverbottom Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Moab trail rte 2: 12.6 mi
  • Moab trail rte 2: 18.7 mi
  • Legends Of The West: 20.6 mi
  • Moab trail rte 2: 22.0 mi
  • Moab trail rte 3: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
Springs: 5
  • Lions Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Galloway Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Turkey Plot Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Round Corral Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Mud Spring: 24.3 mi
Museums: 4
  • Montrose County Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Museum of the Mountain West: 4.7 mi
  • Museum of the Mountain West: 4.7 mi
  • Ridgway Railroad Museum: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • East Cimarron: 17.6 mi
  • Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike path access: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Storm KingESE 123°3,456 m15.0 mi
Baldy PeakSSE 156°3,223 m24.6 mi
Horsefly PeakSSW 192°3,144 m17.0 mi
Stealey MountainSE 144°3,119 m24.3 mi
Flat TopSSW 193°3,096 m17.8 mi
Horse MesaESE 109°3,079 m24.8 mi
Spruce MountainS 188°3,009 m18.4 mi
South BaldyS 176°2,993 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0020:39
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2616:1316:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293544505969757264524029
Precip in0.50.50.70.80.80.50.91.11.21.00.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose #2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/909429428

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