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Bailey Point

Bailey Point, seen from above at true elevation

Bailey Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,869 m. Horse Mountain stands 3,221 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lincoln, a peak 3.1 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 3.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1869 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.13526, -108.29564

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Lincoln: 3.1 mi
  • Beavertail Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Chalk Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • East Orchard Mesa: 4.7 mi
  • Horse Mountain: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Peach Bowl Park: 3.9 mi
  • River Bend Park: 4.3 mi
  • Horse Mountain Open OHV Area: 8.5 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Elementary Park: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Life's Teeter Totter: 3.4 mi
  • Day on the Serengeti: 3.4 mi
  • Harley: 3.4 mi
  • the Virgin Mary: 14.2 mi
  • A Statue of the Holy Family: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 6
  • unknown pond feature: 6.0 mi
  • End Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Notch Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Corduroy Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Thrailkill Spring: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Lands End Observatory: 8.5 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 19.7 mi
  • Tabeguache Trail Play Area: 20.1 mi
  • Liberty Cap: 20.7 mi
  • Mica mine: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 4
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dominguez Falls: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Bailey Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse MountainE 98°3,221 m19.5 mi
Indian PointSSE 158°3,046 m16.4 mi
Horse MountainNE 47°2,833 m19.1 mi
Bald MountainE 91°2,795 m17.1 mi
Nick MountainE 93°2,699 m15.3 mi
Old Man MountainE 86°2,624 m19.1 mi
Horse MountainNNW 331°2,586 m19.7 mi
Mount LoganNNE 17°2,561 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4820:0320:43
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3016:1216:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303747536373797668554231
Precip in0.60.70.91.11.10.60.70.91.41.30.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palisade, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358908947

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