Cliff · Colorado
Windy Point
Windy Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,659 m. Trappers Peak stands 3,650 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2659 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.67693, -107.52617
- 20.6 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Joe Hill: 0.8 mi
- Hadley Point: 1.6 mi
- Clinetop Mesa: 6.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 6.3 mi
- Burning Mountain: 7.2 mi
Parks: 43
- Vix Park: 6.5 mi
- Alder Park: 6.6 mi
- Key Williams Park: 6.7 mi
- Hot Shot Park: 6.9 mi
- Bear Dance Park: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Meadow Creek Point: 3.6 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 4.1 mi
- Clark Point: 5.6 mi
- Windy Point: 12.4 mi
- Red Elephant Point: 17.2 mi
Hot springs: 6
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 10.5 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 10.5 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 13.9 mi
- Sacred Waters: 14.0 mi
- Sacred Waters: 14.0 mi
Museums: 5
- New Castle Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 11.1 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 14.1 mi
- Rifle Heritage Museum: 16.9 mi
- Powers Art Center: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 14.9 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 16.7 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 17.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 18.8 mi
Springs: 3
- Deep Lake Spring: 13.7 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 14.0 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Doc Holliday Grave: 14.5 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 14.6 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 2
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 16.4 mi
- Cross and Statue at Entrance: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Rifle Falls: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Carbonate: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Deep Lake Day Use: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trappers Peak | NE 39° | 3,650 m | 23.4 mi |
| Shingle Peak | NE 47° | 3,615 m | 23.0 mi |
| Big Marvine Peak | NNE 27° | 3,614 m | 21.3 mi |
| Little Marvine Peaks | NNE 27° | 3,576 m | 24.1 mi |
| Turret Peak | NE 52° | 3,498 m | 22.2 mi |
| Blair Mountain | NE 35° | 3,492 m | 10.0 mi |
| Timber Mountain | NNE 31° | 3,476 m | 17.5 mi |
| White River Plateau | NE 55° | 3,466 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 30 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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