The Scottsman
The Scottsman is an attraction in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,936 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Keyhole Window, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 21 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Keyhole Window: 0.2 mi
- Sleeping Giant: 0.2 mi
- Giant Footprint: 0.2 mi
- Siamese Twins: 0.3 mi
- Gray Rock: 0.3 mi
- Westmoor Park: 1.0 mi
- Schryver Park: 1.3 mi
- Pioneer Park: 1.4 mi
- Bill Bauer's Park: 1.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring Park: 1.8 mi
- The Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 3.3 mi
- Cougar Statue: 1.4 mi
- Big Red Chair: 1.8 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 3.5 mi
- Langer Sundial: 3.7 mi
- Train sculpture: 4.0 mi
- Glen Eyrie: 1.3 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 1.4 mi
- George Eber Duclo: 1.7 mi
- For the Unborn: 2.5 mi
- Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 3.8 mi
- The Secret Garden: 2.7 mi
- westside community garden: 2.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 3.3 mi
- The Pinetum: 3.4 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 3.4 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 1.1 mi
- Heritage Center: 1.8 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 2.0 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 2.2 mi
- Miramont Castle: 2.2 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- South Canyon: 6.0 mi
- Lazy Land: 6.1 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 6.1 mi
- Sentinel Point: 6.2 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 2.0 mi
- Point Sublime: 5.3 mi
- Windy Point: 8.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.8 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 15.4 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 1.7 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 2.0 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 2.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.0 mi
- Navajo Spring: 2.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.2 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 5.9 mi
- Hill: 6.3 mi
- Weimer: 6.3 mi
- Hull: 6.3 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 5.1 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 10.1 mi
- Husted: 9.5 mi
- Franceville: 16.1 mi
- Altman: 16.4 mi
- Gwillimsville: 16.8 mi
- Lytle: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of The Scottsman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | WSW 256° | 4,302 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 261° | 4,073 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 267° | 3,984 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,837 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 260° | 3,814 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,780 m | 10.7 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | SW 227° | 3,768 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SSW 203° | 3,507 m | 8.9 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/8245228057
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 4 mi
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