Cliff · Colorado
Windy Point
Windy Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,797 m. Chair Mountain stands 3,876 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lombard Slides, a cliff 2.9 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2797 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.97637, -107.61034
- 17.0 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 20 mi
- Land of Lakes Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Darline: 4.5 mi
- Crater Peak: 5.2 mi
- Mount Hatten: 6.2 mi
- Pitkin Mesa: 6.3 mi
- Redtop Peak: 6.6 mi
Springs: 14
- German Creek Springs: 10.7 mi
- Reynolds Creek Springs: 11.7 mi
- Upper Reynolds Creek Springs: 12.2 mi
- Stephens Spring: 12.2 mi
- Kauer Spring: 12.3 mi
Parks: 10
- Paonia River Park: 7.1 mi
- Paonia Park: 7.4 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Poulos Park: 7.5 mi
- Paonia Reservoir State Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Lombard Slides: 2.9 mi
- Iron Point: 3.8 mi
- The Raggeds: 18.0 mi
- The Big Slide: 18.8 mi
- Baxter Point: 19.1 mi
Museums: 5
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 7.1 mi
- Paonia Museum: 7.1 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
- Marble Museum: 23.4 mi
- Redstone Museum: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
- Meadows Group Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Ward Way Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 2
- Needle Rock: 17.7 mi
- Crystal River Jeep Tours: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hayes Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair Mountain | ENE 72° | 3,876 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Gunnison | SE 133° | 3,860 m | 16.7 mi |
| Ragged Peak | ENE 77° | 3,839 m | 18.1 mi |
| Coal Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,567 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Lamborn | SSE 159° | 3,474 m | 12.9 mi |
| Crater Peak | NNW 327° | 3,447 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Hatten | NW 322° | 3,446 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Darline | NW 325° | 3,445 m | 4.5 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358922324
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