Cliff · Colorado
Deep Creek Point
Deep Creek Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,559 m. Trappers Peak stands 3,650 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow Creek Point, a cliff 1.4 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2559 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.70831, -107.59173
- 17.4 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hadley Point: 2.6 mi
- Joe Hill: 3.3 mi
- Coulter Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Clinetop Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Burning Mountain: 8.0 mi
Parks: 41
- Rifle Mountain Park: 5.4 mi
- Alder Park: 9.2 mi
- Key Williams Park: 9.2 mi
- Vix Park: 9.4 mi
- Rifle Gap State Park: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Meadow Creek Point: 1.4 mi
- Clark Point: 1.7 mi
- Windy Point: 4.1 mi
- Red Elephant Point: 13.1 mi
- Windy Point: 16.4 mi
Hot springs: 6
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 14.4 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 14.4 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 18.0 mi
- Sacred Waters: 18.0 mi
- Sacred Waters: 18.0 mi
Museums: 4
- New Castle Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Rifle Heritage Museum: 15.8 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 16.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 19.0 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 20.8 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 22.8 mi
Springs: 3
- Deep Lake Spring: 16.0 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 18.0 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Doc Holliday Grave: 18.6 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 18.6 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 2
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 15.4 mi
- Cross and Statue at Entrance: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Rifle Falls: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Carbonate: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Deep Lake Day Use: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Deep Creek Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trappers Peak | NE 48° | 3,650 m | 24.2 mi |
| Shingle Peak | ENE 57° | 3,615 m | 24.4 mi |
| Big Marvine Peak | NE 38° | 3,614 m | 21.4 mi |
| Little Marvine Peaks | NE 36° | 3,576 m | 24.1 mi |
| Turret Peak | ENE 61° | 3,498 m | 23.9 mi |
| Blair Mountain | ENE 57° | 3,492 m | 11.0 mi |
| Timber Mountain | NE 44° | 3,476 m | 17.9 mi |
| White River Plateau | ENE 74° | 3,466 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rifle 3ene, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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