Attraction · Colorado
Skyline Drive
Skyline Drive is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,738 m. Big Bull Mountain stands 3,303 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Margrette Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour runs past it.
What the record says
- Width
- 4 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.45754, -105.25112
- On the Gold Belt Tour, National
- 17.5 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Fremont Peak: 1.8 mi
- Nonans Peak: 1.8 mi
- Y M C A Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 3.4 mi
- South Twin Mountain: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Far Side: 11.2 mi
- California Ethics Pinnacle: 11.3 mi
- Bulge Wall: 11.3 mi
- Fish Wall: 11.3 mi
- Menses Prow: 11.3 mi
Parks: 17
- Margrette Park: 0.6 mi
- Magdalene Park: 0.8 mi
- Greydene Park: 1.0 mi
- Rudd Park: 1.1 mi
- Colorado Territorial Prison Park: 1.4 mi
Museums: 10
- Colorado Prison Museum: 1.3 mi
- Florence Pioneer Museum: 8.6 mi
- Lowell Thomas Museum: 18.4 mi
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 20.3 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 6
- Royal Gorge Bridge Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
- Royal Gorge Bridge: 4.0 mi
- Royal Gorge Dinosaur Adventure: 4.9 mi
- Seep Springs Arch: 7.2 mi
- Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 5
- Brachiosaurus: 4.8 mi
- Anklyosaurus: 4.8 mi
- Allosaurus: 4.8 mi
- John C. Fremont: 6.7 mi
- Rita the Rock Planter: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- High Mesa Grassland Instant Study Area: 12.2 mi
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area: 12.4 mi
- Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Jackson Hill: 18.2 mi
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Dakota Hot Springs: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Skyline Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bull Mountain | NNE 23° | 3,303 m | 19.3 mi |
| Brind Mountain | NNE 24° | 3,196 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hardscrabble Mountain | S 171° | 3,164 m | 18.6 mi |
| Evening Star Mountain | NNE 17° | 3,153 m | 18.6 mi |
| Adobe Peak | S 169° | 3,100 m | 17.5 mi |
| Straub Mountain | NNE 19° | 3,060 m | 17.2 mi |
| Crown Point | NE 45° | 3,023 m | 18.6 mi |
| Nipple Mountain | NNE 28° | 3,022 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canon City, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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