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Walsenburg Mining Museum

Walsenburg Mining Museum from directly overhead

Walsenburg Mining Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,883 m. West Spanish Peak stands 4,140 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends runs past it. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates37.62470, -104.78231

Overlooks nearby

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Parks: 6
  • City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Railroad Park: 14.8 mi
  • Greenhorn Meadows Park: 21.9 mi
  • Rye Mountain Park: 22.5 mi
  • Rye Park: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • West Beach Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
Museums: 2
  • Huerfano Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
  • Musuem of Friends: 0.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Cold Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Iron Spring: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Apache Falls: 19.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Apishapa Arche: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Spanish PeakSW 214°4,140 m20.7 mi
Spanish PeaksSSW 212°4,136 m20.1 mi
East Spanish PeakSSW 205°3,859 m17.7 mi
Greenhorn MountainNW 325°3,763 m21.8 mi
North PeakNW 325°3,724 m23.5 mi
Mount MestasW 262°3,524 m20.2 mi
Raspberry MountainSW 232°3,428 m24.0 mi
Rough MountainW 266°3,395 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:11
June solstice05:3919:4620:25
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1116:0416:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343542495868737164534233
Precip in0.80.81.72.31.81.32.22.20.81.31.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walsenburg 1 NW, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/227961911

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