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Windy Point

Windy Point, seen from above at true elevation

Windy Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,667 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sachett Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 9.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3667 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.81443, -105.02164

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sachett Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Almagre Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Tuckaway Mountain: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Ruxton Park: 3.1 mi
  • High Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hurricane Canyon Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • Cathedral Park: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade Park: 6.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 42
  • Big Red Chair: 6.6 mi
  • Back to Kansas: 8.3 mi
  • Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 8.7 mi
  • Cougar Statue: 9.7 mi
  • Trailblazer: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • America the Beautiful: 2.1 mi
  • Nelson Camp: 4.4 mi
  • George Eber Duclo: 6.7 mi
  • Glen Eyrie: 9.1 mi
  • For the Unborn: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 32
  • The Secret Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Bear Sculpture Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Shipping Container Farm: 9.5 mi
  • westside community garden: 9.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 10.5 mi
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 24
Picnic sites: 22
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 6.2 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Elk Run Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakNW 326°4,302 m2.2 mi
Little Pikes PeakNW 320°4,073 m3.2 mi
Devil's PlaygroundNW 322°3,984 m4.3 mi
Sachett MountainNNW 345°3,837 m0.5 mi
Sentinel PointWNW 292°3,814 m4.8 mi
Sheep MountainSW 230°3,780 m2.3 mi
Almagre MountainSE 137°3,768 m2.2 mi
Mount RosaSE 136°3,507 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384656605853433326
Precip in0.71.01.93.12.52.13.93.91.91.20.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358926699

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