Needle Rock
Needle Rock is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,371 m. West Elk Peak stands 3,975 m to the east, 19 miles off. Grand Mesa passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q8536136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Needle Rock: 0.0 mi
- North Saddle Peak: 1.6 mi
- South Saddle Peak: 2.3 mi
- Landsend Peak: 3.2 mi
- Youngs Peak: 3.2 mi
- Crawford Town Park: 3.5 mi
- Crawford Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Poulos Park: 10.2 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Paonia Park: 10.4 mi
- Wiley Springs: 2.8 mi
- Clark Spring No 2: 4.9 mi
- Clark Spring No 1: 5.1 mi
- Bell Creek Springs: 5.2 mi
- Mays Spring: 5.2 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Paonia Museum: 10.6 mi
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 10.6 mi
- Museum of the Mountain West: 21.7 mi
- Museum of the Mountain West: 21.7 mi
- Painted Wall: 13.9 mi
- Red Rocks: 17.2 mi
- Windy Point: 17.7 mi
- Iron Point: 18.0 mi
- Lombard Slides: 20.6 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- East Cimarron: 20.1 mi
- McIntyre Gulch: 21.3 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 22.0 mi
- Benjamin C. Heilman Grave: 13.0 mi
- Bibliotheca Publica: 22.8 mi
- LTV A-7D Corsair II: 24.5 mi
- Chipeta Falls: 20.6 mi
- Dillon Pinnacles: 22.5 mi
- all saints comunity garden: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Needle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Elk Peak | E 91° | 3,975 m | 18.9 mi |
| North Baldy Mountain | E 95° | 3,917 m | 19.6 mi |
| Middle Baldy | E 97° | 3,872 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Gunnison | NE 56° | 3,860 m | 10.8 mi |
| Middle Baldy Mountain | E 99° | 3,838 m | 19.6 mi |
| South Baldy Mountain | ESE 102° | 3,775 m | 19.4 mi |
| East Beckwith Mountain | ENE 64° | 3,772 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Guero | E 92° | 3,674 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1390474304
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