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United States : Colorado

4.4 miles (7.0 km) SE of Erie (Weld), Broomfield, CO, USA
Approx. altitude: 1589 m (5213 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 40°S 75°E

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View North (towards State Highway 7) #3: View East #4: View South.  (How long will this field remain undeveloped?) #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: A close-up view of the Rocky Mountains, West of the point

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  40°N 105°W (visit #36)  

#1: The confluence point lies in an open field, next to Colorado State Highway 7.  (This is also a view to the West, towards the Rocky Mountains.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

26-Jun-2019 -- Making my first ever extended visit to the Denver area, I obviously had to visit this easy point - the "Visitors' Confluence Point" for Denver, and one of the most-visited Degree Confluence Points in the United States. The most difficult part about visiting this point was crossing busy State Highway 7, which runs West-East, just 25m North of the 40 Degrees North line of latitude. There was even a break in the barbed-wire fence, very close to the point.

Just North of State Highway 7, several new homes are being built in a new subdivision. It will be interesting to see what ends up happening to this point in the years to come, as the Denver area continues to expand.

As I returned to my car, I was dismayed to see a Broomfield police car - with flashing lights - parked behind it. I was scared that I’d parked illegally, and was about to be ticketed. To my relief, the officer was just checking my car, to make sure I was OK. After I explained that I’d just been taking photos (I didn’t explain why), he drove off.

Unfortunately this point lies in ’no-fly zones’ for two nearby airports, so I wasn’t able to get a ‘drone’s eye’ view of the point.


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#1: The confluence point lies in an open field, next to Colorado State Highway 7. (This is also a view to the West, towards the Rocky Mountains.)
#2: View North (towards State Highway 7)
#3: View East
#4: View South. (How long will this field remain undeveloped?)
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: A close-up view of the Rocky Mountains, West of the point
ALL: All pictures on one page