- Elevation, modelled
- 1,842 m
- Tallest summit within 15.8 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 11.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour18.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8484, -104.8262
Ticknor Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled 1,842 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. Gold Belt Tour passes 19 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Ticknor Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 267° | 4,302 m | 11.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 270° | 4,073 m | 12.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 275° | 3,984 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 260° | 3,837 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 268° | 3,814 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,780 m | 12.9 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,768 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 225° | 3,507 m | 9.2 mi |
- 18.9 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Monument Valley Park: 0.2 mi
- Bristol Park: 0.5 mi
- Boulder Crescent Park: 0.7 mi
- Acacia Park: 0.8 mi
- Mid Shooks Run Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 1.3 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 1.3 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 3.1 mi
- Garden of the Gods Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Austin Bluffs: 3.9 mi
- The Mesa: 4.1 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 4.5 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 4.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 42
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 0.1 mi
- Langer Sundial: 0.2 mi
- Train sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Alan’s Odd Duck: 0.8 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 31
- Ticknor Garden: 0.0 mi
- Morrison Memorial Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
- Cutler Hall Prairie Garden: 0.0 mi
- Cossitt Rock Garden: 0.0 mi
- Cutler Hall Prairie Garden: 0.0 mi
Museums: 23
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 0.2 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 1.0 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 1.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- South Canyon: 3.4 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 3.6 mi
- Sentinel Point: 3.6 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Council Grounds: 3.7 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 0.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 4.7 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 4.9 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 5.5 mi
- Weimer: 5.5 mi
- Hull: 5.5 mi
- Shorty: 5.5 mi
- Bridal Veil: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Mesa Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 2.0 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Dakota Hogback: 2.8 mi
- Point Sublime: 4.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.5 mi
- Windy Point: 10.8 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Husted: 11.5 mi
- Franceville: 12.7 mi
- Lytle: 17.1 mi
- Gwillimsville: 17.6 mi
- Altman: 18.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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