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Crow Valley Recreation Area

Crow Valley Recreation Area from directly overhead

Crow Valley Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,472 m. Wildhorse Tit stands 1,663 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lee & Dorothy Rhoads Farm Implement Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.64573, -104.34086
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Big 2 Do Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • 11th Ave Bridge: 23.4 mi
  • El Poder Es Saber - Knowledge is Power: 23.6 mi
  • Para La Gente: 23.6 mi
  • Come To Our Show: 23.7 mi
Parks: 21
  • Eaton Commons Park: 20.7 mi
  • Caboose Park: 20.9 mi
  • Memorial Park: 20.9 mi
  • Watertower Park: 21.0 mi
  • Liberty Park: 21.2 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Seven Cross Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Crow Valley Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Point of Rocks: 11.1 mi
  • Wildhorse Tit: 15.9 mi
  • West Pawnee Butte: 22.5 mi
Museums: 6
  • Lee & Dorothy Rhoads Farm Implement Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Briggsdale Heritage House: 1.0 mi
  • Grover Depot Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Greeley History Museum: 23.9 mi
  • Colorado Model Railroad Museum: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crow Valley Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildhorse TitNW 311°1,663 m15.9 mi
Crow Valley HillNW 319°1,635 m10.1 mi
East Pawnee ButteENE 58°1,573 m23.0 mi
Seven Cross HillENE 65°1,537 m3.2 mi
Point of RocksS 183°1,516 m11.1 mi
Judson HillsESE 123°1,502 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5120:33
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262838465667737061483525
Precip in0.10.20.81.52.12.11.72.01.30.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Briggsdale, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/910979373

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