- Elevation, modelled
- 2,503 m
- Tallest summit within 14.7 miles
- Mount of the Holy Cross4,270.5 m · 13.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Top of the Rockies4.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 39.6394, -106.3655
Alps of Western Europe is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled 2,503 m. Mount of the Holy Cross stands 4,271 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Perennial Waterfall Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.6 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Alps of Western Europe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount of the Holy Cross | SSW 207° | 4,270.5 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Jackson | SW 221° | 4,164 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Powell | N 9° | 4,141 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Silverthorne | E 84° | 4,072 m | 9.4 mi |
| East Thorn | E 84° | 4,065 m | 9.9 mi |
| Eagles Nest | N 5° | 4,057 m | 9.4 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSW 204° | 4,030 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Valhalla | E 79° | 4,017 m | 8.0 mi |
- 4.6 mi off the Top of the RockiesNational
- 21.0 mi off the Colorado River HeadwatersNational
Overlooks nearby
- Cabin ruins · 18 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vail Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Ptarmigan Point: 2.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Lionshead: 4.2 mi
- Davos Peak: 4.8 mi
- Ford Park: 0.1 mi
- Roger Staub Park: 0.3 mi
- Parker's Green: 0.4 mi
- Pirateship Park: 0.4 mi
- Ted Kindel Park: 0.4 mi
- Hodgepodge: 0.0 mi
- Granite Landscape: 0.0 mi
- Spirit of the Skier: 0.3 mi
- The Ski Trooper: 0.4 mi
- Branching Pattern: 0.5 mi
- Mountain Perennial Waterfall Garden: 0.0 mi
- Mountain Perennial Garden: 0.0 mi
- Peony Collection: 0.0 mi
- Mountain Mediation Garden: 0.0 mi
- Silk Road Garden: 0.0 mi
- Seibert Fountain: 0.4 mi
- The Edge: 0.4 mi
- Pete Seibert's Dream: 0.4 mi
- John & Cissy Dobson: 0.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 0.4 mi
- Museum and Gift Shop: 0.0 mi
- Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center: 0.1 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- The Discovery Center: 0.2 mi
- Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame: 0.5 mi
- Bridge Street: 0.4 mi
- Imagination Station: 1.2 mi
- Thunder Cat Cave: 1.7 mi
- Forest Flyer: 1.8 mi
- Holy Cross Adventure Course: 1.8 mi
- Gilman: 7.5 mi
- Pando: 12.7 mi
- Holy Cross City: 16.6 mi
- Preston: 20.9 mi
- Climax: 21.2 mi
- East Vail Falls: 3.1 mi
- Booth Falls: 3.6 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Willow Creek falls: 12.2 mi
- Cataract Falls: 13.2 mi
- Target Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Roost: 17.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 22.0 mi
- Windy Point: 23.3 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 11.0 mi
- Edwards Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Edwards: 14.3 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 0.2 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 15.3 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 16.3 mi
- Williams Fork: 20.9 mi
- Meadows Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Radium Hot Springs: 24.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, under a mile away.
- Black-billed Magpie150 obs
- fireweed71 obs
- common cowparsnip58 obs
- quaking aspen57 obs
- twinberry honeysuckle54 obs
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird50 obs
- blue columbine48 obs
- House Sparrow46 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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