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Stony Point

Stony Point, seen from above at true elevation

Stony Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,089 m. Round Mountain stands 3,367 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Florence Mountain Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 7.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2089 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.29639, -105.20332
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Locke Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Stull Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Curley Peak: 5.4 mi
  • McKinley Mountain: 5.6 mi
Parks: 19
  • Florence Mountain Park: 2.1 mi
  • Grape Creek Picnic Ground: 9.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Temple Canyon Park: 9.9 mi
  • Veterans Park: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Fish Wall: 22.4 mi
  • Far Side: 22.4 mi
  • Thompson Point: 22.4 mi
  • California Ethics Pinnacle: 22.4 mi
  • Bulge Wall: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Museums: 5
  • Florence Pioneer Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Colorado Prison Museum: 10.2 mi
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 17.2 mi
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 18.3 mi
  • Beckwith Ranch: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Jackson Hill: 8.8 mi
  • USFS CORNER: 24.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Isabel Picnic and Day Use Area: 23.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Blue Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Stony Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round MountainS 188°3,367 m14.4 mi
Sperry MountainS 190°3,334 m14.3 mi
Wixson MountainS 178°3,295 m13.4 mi
Gobblers KnobS 173°3,270 m15.1 mi
Arkansas MountainSSW 195°3,222 m12.7 mi
Hardscrabble MountainS 177°3,164 m7.2 mi
Rudolph MountainSSE 167°3,151 m11.1 mi
Piltz MountainS 189°3,127 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:28
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1516:0316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343542495868747264524234
Precip in0.50.61.01.81.60.82.22.11.20.90.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canon City, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358927805

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