Sunset Mine

Sunset Mine: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Sunset Mine

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Sunset Mine — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.14414, -106.34197. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunset Mine

• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~8 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~10 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~23 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~30 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~30 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~39 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~66 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~68 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~68 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~69 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~71 km · Must-see
• State Forest State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~71 km · Must-see
• Rawah Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~71 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~75 km · Must-see
• Hamilton Group Mine · fort · Carbon · ~1 km
• Fairview Claim-Tenderfoot Mountain Mine · fort · Albany · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunset Mine

Other forts & heritage near Sunset Mine

• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~79 km · Must-see
• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~80 km · Must-see
• Ames Monument · fort · Albany · ~99 km · Must-see
• Hanna Basin Museum · fort · Carbon · ~103 km · Must-see
• Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site · fort · Carbon · ~108 km · Must-see
• France Memorial Presbyterian Church · fort · Carbon · ~129 km · Must-see
• Hamilton Group Mine · fort · Carbon · ~1 km
• Fairview Claim-Tenderfoot Mountain Mine · fort · Albany · ~4 km
• Golden Key Mine · fort · Albany · ~4 km
• Ak-sar-ben Group Mine · fort · Carbon · ~6 km

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