Mushroom Rocks

Mushroom Rocks sits at 12,287 feet along Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, facing 210 degrees. The land drops 630 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. Forest Canyon Overlook, the next lookout on this route, is visible to the south-southeast at 1.4 miles and 11,694 feet. A line of peaks extends across the southern view: Terra Tomah Mountain to the south-southwest at 2.8 miles (12,703 ft), Mount Julian at 3.3 miles (12,889 ft), Cracktop at 3.9 miles (12,762 ft), and Mount Ida to the southwest at 3.9 miles (12,866 ft). Chief Cheley Peak follows at 4.0 miles (12,740 ft), with Stones Peak, Hayden Spire, and Sprague Mountain arranged to the south between 4.1 and 4.6 miles, ranging from 12,418 to 12,891 feet. Daylight varies with the season: sunrise runs from 05:34 at the June solstice to 07:23 at the December solstice, with sunset spanning 16:40 to 20:37 across the year. Fort Collins lies 36.2 miles east-northeast, Boulder 36.6 miles southeast, and Longmont 37.1 miles east-southeast. Rock Cut precedes this stop on the byway, with Forest Canyon Overlook next.