Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SIte
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SIte is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,215 m. Agate Mound stands 1,372 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chivington Hill, a peak 8.0 miles away. 10 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000-11-07
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
10 named places within 25 miles
- Eads City Park: 15.2 mi
- Medicine Arrow Park: 20.7 mi
- Little Park: 21.0 mi
- Kiowa County Museum: 15.2 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 21.3 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 21.4 mi
- Chivington Hill: 8.0 mi
- Agate Mound: 23.1 mi
- Kiowa County War Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Tenmile Point: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SIte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agate Mound | N 355° | 1,372 m | 23.1 mi |
| Chivington Hill | SW 223° | 1,235 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:51 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 41 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sheridan Lake, 13 mi away.
- Western Earless Lizard13 obs
- Snowball Sand Verbena10 obs
- Six-lined Racerunner10 obs
- sand sagebrush8 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad7 obs
- thistle poppy7 obs
- Western Spiderwort7 obs
- winecup mallow7 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.
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