Cliff · Colorado
Baxter Point
Baxter Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,002 m. Crater Peak stands 3,447 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Big Slide, a cliff 1.4 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 7.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3002 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.13331, -107.90257
- 7.6 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Land of Lakes Overlook · 10 mi
- Cedaredge Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Old Man Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Horse Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 3.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
- The Big Slide: 1.4 mi
- White Slide: 10.8 mi
- The Breaks: 11.0 mi
- Spruce Point: 11.3 mi
- Spruce Point: 14.0 mi
Parks: 11
- Cottonwood Park: 22.7 mi
- Turkey Trail Park: 23.3 mi
- Beasly Park: 23.5 mi
- BLM Open OHV Area: 23.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Ward Way Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
- Meadows Group Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Wild Rose Picnic Ground: 19.6 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Roofed picnic area: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 3
- Life's Teeter Totter: 24.1 mi
- Day on the Serengeti: 24.1 mi
- Harley: 24.1 mi
Museums: 2
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 24.3 mi
- Paonia Museum: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 1
- Lands End Observatory: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 1
- Rose Garden: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Tillman Bishop State Wildlife Area: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Baxter Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Peak | ESE 117° | 3,447 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Hatten | ESE 116° | 3,446 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Darline | ESE 119° | 3,445 m | 14.9 mi |
| Leon Peak | SE 140° | 3,425 m | 4.9 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | E 96° | 3,399 m | 13.1 mi |
| South Mamm Peak | N 7° | 3,358 m | 16.6 mi |
| Priest Mountain | SE 125° | 3,351 m | 11.0 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | N 359° | 3,340 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 15 | 23 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 55 | 52 | 46 | 35 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonham Rsvr, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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