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Mini Moab

Mini Moab from directly overhead

Mini Moab is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,469 m. Green Mountain stands 3,174 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Deception, a peak 3.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 17 miles off.

Rock crawling play area.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.14392, -105.08648

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Deception: 3.5 mi
  • Chimney Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Bell Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Turtle Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Sheep Nose: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Manitou Park Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Tamarac Neighborhood Park: 8.4 mi
  • Glen Park: 9.2 mi
  • Santa Fe Open Space: 10.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 28
  • The Labyrinth: 17.5 mi
  • Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Labyrinth: 18.2 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 21.4 mi
  • The Children's Garden: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 19
  • #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 10.0 mi
  • Abandoned cabin: 11.0 mi
  • abandoned bull pen: 11.2 mi
  • Core Values Ramp: 14.2 mi
  • Wall of Fallen Graduates: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 13.9 mi
  • Honor Wall: 14.0 mi
  • Senior Class Crest: 14.1 mi
  • Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 14.2 mi
  • Back to Kansas: 15.0 mi
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
  • Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 23.1 mi
  • Mesa Open Space: 24.4 mi
  • Hidden Mesa Open Space: 24.5 mi
  • Promntory Point Open Space: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Mini Moab. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNW 314°3,174 m16.0 mi
Thunder ButteWNW 288°2,991 m6.2 mi
Ormes PeakSSE 149°2,963 m15.6 mi
Crystal PeakSW 227°2,937 m14.9 mi
Devils HeadN 354°2,936 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainSSE 162°2,881 m11.7 mi
Hackett MountainWSW 249°2,873 m11.5 mi
Blodgett PeakSE 143°2,873 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3519:5020:31
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1715:5916:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138435363686659483830
Precip in0.50.51.21.51.81.72.62.61.21.00.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheesman, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8666266196

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