Cliff · Colorado
Lombard Slides
Lombard Slides is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,149 m. Chair Mountain stands 3,876 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Darline, a peak 2.2 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3149 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.01804, -107.61950
- 16.7 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 19 mi
- Land of Lakes Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Darline: 2.2 mi
- Crater Peak: 2.8 mi
- Mount Hatten: 3.9 mi
- Electric Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Doughty Mountain: 5.9 mi
Springs: 14
- German Creek Springs: 13.6 mi
- Reynolds Creek Springs: 14.6 mi
- Upper Reynolds Creek Springs: 15.1 mi
- Stephens Spring: 15.1 mi
- Kauer Spring: 15.2 mi
Parks: 10
- Paonia River Park: 10.0 mi
- Paonia Park: 10.3 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Poulos Park: 10.4 mi
- Paonia Reservoir State Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Windy Point: 2.9 mi
- Iron Point: 4.8 mi
- The Big Slide: 17.0 mi
- Baxter Point: 17.1 mi
- The Raggeds: 18.2 mi
Museums: 5
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 10.1 mi
- Paonia Museum: 10.1 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
- Marble Museum: 23.2 mi
- Redstone Museum: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Meadows Group Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Ward Way Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 19.4 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Attractions: 2
- Needle Rock: 20.6 mi
- Crystal River Jeep Tours: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hayes Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Lombard Slides. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair Mountain | E 81° | 3,876 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Gunnison | SE 138° | 3,860 m | 19.1 mi |
| Ragged Peak | E 86° | 3,839 m | 18.1 mi |
| Huntsman Mountain | NE 50° | 3,590 m | 18.1 mi |
| Coal Mountain | SSE 155° | 3,567 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Lamborn | SSE 161° | 3,474 m | 15.7 mi |
| Crater Peak | WNW 303° | 3,447 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Hatten | WNW 302° | 3,446 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
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