Cliff · Colorado

East Face

East Face, seen from above at true elevation

East Face is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 4,059 m. Longs Peak stands 4,346 m to the southwest, 0.1 miles off. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 7.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 4059 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.25582, -105.61439

7.7 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
11.4 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
22.5 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Longs Peak: 0.1 mi
Ships Prow Tower: 0.5 mi
Mount Lady Washington: 0.7 mi
Mount Meeker: 0.7 mi
Storm Peak: 0.8 mi

Cliffs

Chasm View: 0.1 mi
Tent Rocks: 4.2 mi
The Crags: 5.9 mi
Crag of Fear: 6.3 mi
Quickie Cliff: 6.3 mi

Attractions

Wind River Ranch: 4.8 mi
Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.5 mi

Parks

Rocky Mountain National Park: 7.3 mi
Rock Ledge Park: 9.0 mi
Baldwin Park: 9.4 mi
Bond Park: 9.7 mi
Town Square Park: 10.8 mi

Waterfalls38

Columbine Falls: 0.9 mi
Ribbon Falls: 1.6 mi
Trio Falls: 1.9 mi
Thunder Falls: 2.3 mi
Lyric Falls: 2.4 mi

Historic sites29

Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 7.4 mi
Stephen Tyng Mather: 8.1 mi
Jeffrey Christensen: 8.1 mi
Brown Homestead 1918: 9.4 mi
Griffith Homestead 1923: 9.4 mi

Artworks26

Museums16

Estes Park Museum: 10.1 mi
Kauffman House Museum: 10.8 mi
Gold Hill Museum: 17.1 mi
Lyons Redstone Museum: 18.3 mi
James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum: 19.0 mi

Gardens11

Legett Columbarium Garden: 6.4 mi
Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 9.5 mi
Sensory Garden: 9.6 mi
Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 18.3 mi
Foothills Community Garden: 22.2 mi

Picnic sites7

Meeker Park Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
Sprague Lake: 4.5 mi
Tuxedo Park: 6.4 mi
Endovalley: 11.1 mi
Beaver Creek: 15.3 mi

Springs5

Lookout Springs: 5.6 mi
Crystal Spring: 6.5 mi
Jacob Spring: 8.2 mi
Wilson Spring: 9.1 mi
Nelson Spring: 22.2 mi

Nature reserves5

Knoll-Willows Open Space: 9.9 mi
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: 12.1 mi
Button Rock Preserve: 12.8 mi
Narrows Park: 22.0 mi
Cozens Ranch Open Space: 23.9 mi

Ghost towns4

Lulu City: 18.0 mi
Dutchtown: 18.9 mi
Caribou: 19.1 mi
Tungsten: 20.9 mi

Beaches2

Surprise Beach: 13.8 mi
Carter Lake Swim Beach: 22.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of East Face. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Longs Peak	SW 215°	4,346 m	0.1 mi
Mount Meeker	SE 136°	4,227 m	0.7 mi
Chiefs Head Peak	WSW 253°	4,121 m	1.5 mi
Pagoda Mountain	SW 235°	4,082 m	0.8 mi
Ships Prow Tower	ESE 119°	4,073.56 m	0.5 mi
Storm Peak	NNW 335°	4,060 m	0.8 mi
Mount Alice	WSW 246°	4,048 m	2.8 mi
Mount Lady Washington	NE 36°	4,037 m	0.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:39	19:15
June solstice	05:34	19:55	20:36
September equinox	06:51	18:25	19:01
December solstice	07:22	15:57	16:40

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	23	25	31	34	44	53	59	58	51	41	31	24

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 5 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/694323904

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