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Veterans Memorial Museum

Veterans Memorial Museum from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,640 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is North Midway Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City and County of Broomfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.92315, -105.08565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Midway Park: 0.1 mi
  • South Midway Park: 0.2 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Emerald Park: 0.4 mi
  • Zang Spur Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Genesis of a Community: 0.2 mi
  • Sundown Altar: 0.8 mi
  • Inspiration Moves Me Brightly - Pianist: 1.0 mi
  • Inspiration Moves Me Brightly - Violinist: 1.0 mi
  • Illuminate!: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Shep the Turnpike Dog grave: 0.7 mi
  • Interlocken Technology Park Sign: 0.8 mi
  • Broomfield 9-11 Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Welcome to Broomfield Sign: 1.7 mi
  • Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.4 mi
Gardens
  • Xeriscape demonstration garden: 1.0 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community garden: 3.1 mi
  • The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 3.6 mi
  • Standley Lake Gardens: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 33
  • Barbeque: 10.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 12.6 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 12.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 12.6 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Veterans Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWSW 247°2,982 m16.5 mi
Mount TomWSW 242°2,969 m15.9 mi
Miramonte MountainW 263°2,915 m17.3 mi
Blue MountainWSW 257°2,846 m13.7 mi
Windy PeakWSW 255°2,779.776 m16.2 mi
Crescent MountainW 260°2,724 m12.3 mi
Grannys HeadWSW 243°2,686 m14.6 mi
Scar Top MountainW 266°2,675 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543505869757365524133
Precip in0.40.51.21.92.31.51.71.31.21.10.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northglenn, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/366720974

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