Attraction · Colorado
Ridgeline Pass
Ridgeline Pass is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,022 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is White Acres, a park 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Coordinates38.83467, -104.88245
- 15.8 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 22 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- White Acres: 0.3 mi
- Bott Park: 0.9 mi
- Deer Valley Nature Park: 1.1 mi
- Bill Bauer's Park: 1.2 mi
- Vermijo Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 0.7 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 2.2 mi
- Balanced Rock: 2.2 mi
- Balanced Rock: 2.2 mi
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway No. 2: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Bear Creek Peak: 1.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mays Peak: 2.4 mi
Artworks: 42
- Big Red Chair: 2.2 mi
- Trailblazer: 2.7 mi
- Cougar Statue: 2.9 mi
- The Epicenter: 3.0 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 33
- For the Unborn: 1.5 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 2.2 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 2.7 mi
- Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 32
- The Secret Garden: 1.4 mi
- westside community garden: 2.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 3.0 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums: 24
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 1.2 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 1.4 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Center: 2.2 mi
- Miramont Castle: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 23
- Dakota Hogback: 0.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 2.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 7.3 mi
- Windy Point: 7.6 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- South Canyon: 6.5 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 6.7 mi
- Sentinel Point: 6.7 mi
- East Canyon: 6.9 mi
Springs: 11
- Seven Minute Spring: 2.3 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 2.5 mi
- Navajo Spring: 2.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.6 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Helen Hunt Falls: 3.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Hill: 3.7 mi
- Weimer: 3.7 mi
- Hull: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Promntory Point Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 3.6 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Husted: 12.1 mi
- Altman: 15.2 mi
- Franceville: 15.5 mi
- Lytle: 16.1 mi
- Gwillimsville: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Ridgeline Pass. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 273° | 4,302 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 276° | 4,073 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | WNW 281° | 3,984 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 263° | 3,837 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 272° | 3,814 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,780 m | 9.7 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 244° | 3,768 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SSW 212° | 3,507 m | 6.6 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8358245457
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