Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,942 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-southwest, 8.1 miles off. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.
The story
a sandstone balanced boulder formation located in the Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado, United States
Wikidata Q4849982, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 21 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balanced Rock: 0.0 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 0.0 mi
- Siamese Twins: 0.6 mi
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings: 0.8 mi
- The Scottsman: 0.9 mi
- Schryver Park: 0.5 mi
- Seven Minute Spring Park: 0.9 mi
- Mansions Park: 0.9 mi
- Bill Bauer's Park: 1.0 mi
- Soda Springs Park: 1.2 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- The Mesa: 2.4 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 2.6 mi
- Big Red Chair: 0.9 mi
- Cougar Statue: 2.2 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 3.9 mi
- Langer Sundial: 4.2 mi
- Trailblazer: 4.2 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 0.8 mi
- Glen Eyrie: 2.0 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 2.0 mi
- For the Unborn: 2.7 mi
- Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 4.1 mi
- The Secret Garden: 2.8 mi
- westside community garden: 3.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 3.8 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Pinetum: 3.9 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 0.5 mi
- Heritage Center: 0.9 mi
- Miramont Castle: 1.4 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 2.4 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 2.6 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 1.8 mi
- Point Sublime: 5.0 mi
- Windy Point: 7.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.1 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 5.6 mi
- South Canyon: 6.7 mi
- Lazy Land: 6.8 mi
- Sentinel Point: 6.9 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 0.9 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 1.2 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 1.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 1.2 mi
- Navajo Spring: 1.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hill: 5.8 mi
- Weimer: 5.8 mi
- Hull: 5.8 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 5.3 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 9.8 mi
- Husted: 10.1 mi
- Altman: 15.5 mi
- Franceville: 16.7 mi
- Gwillimsville: 17.6 mi
- Lytle: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Balanced Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | WSW 258° | 4,302 m | 8.1 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 263° | 4,073 m | 8.8 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 270° | 3,984 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,837 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 262° | 3,814 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 240° | 3,780 m | 9.8 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | SW 226° | 3,768 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SSW 200° | 3,507 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/485397601
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 4 mi
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