Cliff · Colorado
Windy Point
Windy Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,117 m. Sheep Mountain stands 3,733 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Peak, a peak 3.7 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 30 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3117 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.62165, -107.30505
- 29.8 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Baxter Peak: 3.7 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Storm King Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Willow Peak: 7.7 mi
Parks: 49
- Two Rivers Park: 5.1 mi
- Sister Lucy Downey Park: 5.1 mi
- Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park: 5.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain Park: 5.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Windy Point: 12.4 mi
- Hells Gate: 14.5 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 15.5 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 16.4 mi
- Clark Point: 17.7 mi
Hot springs: 6
- Yampah Source Spring: 5.0 mi
- Sacred Waters: 5.0 mi
- Sacred Waters: 5.0 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 5.1 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 7.3 mi
Museums: 4
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Powers Art Center: 15.1 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 4.3 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 5.1 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 6.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Cocktail Spring: 5.0 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 5.5 mi
- Deep Lake Spring: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Doc Holliday Grave: 5.7 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 5.7 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 2
- The Peace Garden: 16.1 mi
- Community Garden: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Carbonate: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Deep Lake Day Use: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Rifle Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 24° | 3,733 m | 22.7 mi |
| Trappers Peak | N 7° | 3,650 m | 22.3 mi |
| W Mountain | NNE 27° | 3,624 m | 19.6 mi |
| Shingle Peak | NNE 15° | 3,615 m | 20.0 mi |
| Big Marvine Peak | N 355° | 3,614 m | 22.8 mi |
| Turret Peak | NNE 18° | 3,498 m | 18.4 mi |
| Blair Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,492 m | 13.4 mi |
| Timber Mountain | N 351° | 3,476 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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