Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,121 m. Black Mountain stands 3,030 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Dale, a ghost town 1.2 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2121 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Little Twins: 4.6 mi
- Little Bald Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Turkey Roost: 5.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Red Nose: 8.2 mi
- Nat's Three Star Roof: 12.6 mi
- The Potato Chip: 12.9 mi
- The Citadel Crag: 13.1 mi
- Plumb Line Crag Lower Tier: 13.2 mi
- Virginia Dale: 1.2 mi
- Hecla: 16.4 mi
- Sherman Summit: 18.9 mi
- Manhattan: 20.5 mi
- Ames Monument: 11.4 mi
- Ben Delatour Scout Ranch: 15.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 19.0 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 24.3 mi
- Devils Playground: 14.0 mi
- Red Feather Community Park: 16.6 mi
- Rotary Clubs Park: 24.4 mi
- Imperial Heights Park: 24.5 mi
- Simpson Springs: 20.0 mi
- Soldier Spring: 21.7 mi
- Pope Springs: 22.6 mi
- Bedsprings: 24.9 mi
- Jakes Bar & Grill: 12.8 mi
- Buffalo: 23.4 mi
- Whale Rock: 24.8 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
- Ouzel: 19.2 mi
- Century Park Picnic Site: 19.7 mi
- Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: 13.8 mi
- Gateway Natural Area: 19.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 15.0 mi
- Disappointment Falls: 18.2 mi
- Tree Rock: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,030 m | 15.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | W 268° | 2,818 m | 14.0 mi |
| Deadhorse Mountain | W 265° | 2,762 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pole Mountain | N 356° | 2,751 m | 18.3 mi |
| Point Crawford | N 354° | 2,673 m | 16.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | N 359° | 2,651 m | 15.3 mi |
| Iron Mountain | W 261° | 2,649 m | 10.8 mi |
| Twin Mountain | N 0° | 2,632 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia Dale 7 ENE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358906802
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