Chalk Cliffs
Chalk Cliffs is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,882 m. Mount Harvard stands 4,396 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Tigger Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 5.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2882 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 24.6 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tigger Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Princeton: 3.1 mi
- Mount Antero: 4.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Mount White: 5.4 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 3.7 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 8.4 mi
- Columbine Park: 8.5 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 8.6 mi
- River Park: 9.0 mi
- The Squeeze: 7.7 mi
- Rock Pile: 8.2 mi
- Whale's Tail: 8.4 mi
- The Chute: 9.0 mi
- The Stairs: 9.1 mi
- Alpine: 5.1 mi
- St. Elmo: 8.4 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 9.4 mi
- Tincup: 15.5 mi
- Whitepine: 16.8 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 8.4 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 8.5 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 8.5 mi
- The Salida Museum: 17.1 mi
- Hancock: 10.9 mi
- Train Caboose: 17.0 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 17.1 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 24.6 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.7 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 9.6 mi
- The Palisades: 13.1 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Chalk Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harvard | NNW 333° | 4,395.6 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Antero | SW 219° | 4,351.4 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Princeton | WNW 300° | 4,329.3 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Yale | NW 321° | 4,328 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | SSW 204° | 4,316.7 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Shavano | SSW 199° | 4,315 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Columbia | NNW 335° | 4,285 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cronin Peak | SW 225° | 4,207 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358925147
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