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CDOT Rest Area and Welcome Center: Fruita

CDOT Rest Area and Welcome Center: Fruita from directly overhead

CDOT Rest Area and Welcome Center: Fruita is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,370 m. Horse Mountain stands 2,586 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Western Slope War Memorial Park, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond runs past it. 243 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.15361, -108.73695

Overlooks nearby

Around it

243 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Circle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Reed Park: 0.4 mi
  • Civic Center Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 60
  • Opal Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Phantom Spire: 3.0 mi
  • Remnants Tower: 3.0 mi
  • White Whale: 3.1 mi
  • Pitchfork Tower: 3.1 mi
Artworks: 55
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Cedar Tree Arch: 5.7 mi
  • East Rim Arch: 6.0 mi
  • Bridge Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Pizza Point: 7.6 mi
  • Liberty Cap: 7.7 mi
Springs: 11
  • Monument Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Mud Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Thrailkill Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Toms Canyon Spring: 17.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Tower: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of CDOT Rest Area and Welcome Center: Fruita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse MountainNE 41°2,586 m21.4 mi
Corcoran PeakNE 48°2,449 m16.3 mi
Twin PeaksENE 57°2,263 m24.9 mi
Black RidgeS 186°2,173 m6.1 mi
Garfield MesaNNE 31°2,140 m15.5 mi
Grassy MountainNNW 340°2,077 m24.3 mi
Round MountainENE 71°2,076 m16.0 mi
Flatiron HillSW 226°2,058 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0520:45
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3216:1416:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273444516271777566524028
Precip in0.70.80.90.90.90.50.70.81.11.20.60.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373340917

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