- Elevation, modelled
- 3,038 m
- Tallest summit within 13.0 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 4.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour10.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9015, -105.0660
Halfway Picnic Area is a attraction in Colorado, at a modelled 3,038 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the south-southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Playground, a peak 2.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 11 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Halfway Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SSE 164° | 4,302 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | S 175° | 4,073 m | 3.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | S 186° | 3,984 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | SSE 158° | 3,837 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sentinel Point | SSW 206° | 3,814 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | S 175° | 3,780 m | 7.5 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | SSE 153° | 3,768 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SSE 148° | 3,507 m | 12.0 mi |
- 10.8 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 11 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Devil's Playground: 2.6 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Little Pikes Peak: 3.6 mi
- Pikes Peak: 4.4 mi
- Sentinel Point: 4.7 mi
Attractions
- Heizer Trailhead: 5.0 mi
- Medicine Wheel Sacred Indian Sitr: 6.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: 6.4 mi
- Pancake Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Cave of the Winds: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 32
- America the Beautiful: 4.4 mi
- Abandoned cabin: 7.4 mi
- abandoned bull pen: 7.6 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 8.9 mi
- Glen Eyrie: 9.7 mi
Museums: 25
- Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
- Miramont Castle: 8.3 mi
- Heritage Center: 8.8 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 9.7 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 7.8 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 11.7 mi
- Hull: 13.0 mi
- Weimer: 13.0 mi
- Shorty: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Altman: 12.0 mi
- Husted: 12.4 mi
- Gwillimsville: 20.8 mi
- Dakan: 23.2 mi
- Lytle: 23.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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