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Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945

Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945 from directly overhead

Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945 is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,089 m. Gobblers Knob stands 1,307 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Amache National Historic Site, a park 0.2 miles away. 26 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

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National Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05204, -102.33181

26 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Amache National Historic Site: 0.2 mi
  • Mike Higbee State Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail Marker: 11.3 mi
  • Willow Creek Park: 15.5 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail Marker: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945: 0.3 mi
  • Camp Amache veterans memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Tristate 9-11 Memorial: 16.2 mi
Museums: 2
  • Amache Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Big Timbers Museum: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • CDOT Rest Area: Holly: 15.2 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Gobblers Knob: 24.9 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Gobblers Knob: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gobblers KnobSW 217°1,307 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2719:01
June solstice05:2819:3720:16
September equinox06:3818:1318:48
December solstice07:0315:5216:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313443516273787667544131
Precip in0.40.30.91.42.22.53.02.91.21.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holly, 11 mi away.

  • firewheel6 obs
  • Tahoka daisy6 obs
  • Engelmann daisy6 obs
  • David's spurge5 obs
  • Scarlet Beeblossom5 obs
  • whitemouth dayflower4 obs
  • Great Plains yucca4 obs
  • James' Holdback4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/265337801

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