Lytle
Lytle is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,905 m. Sachett Mountain stands 3,837 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Aiken Canyon Preserve, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 12 miles off.
The Lytle School District served families in the Turkey Creek and Red Creek valleys and surrounding areas. It was a one room school with grades 1-8.
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
- 23.7 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Horse Park: 10.1 mi
- Founder's Field: 10.4 mi
- Glen Oaks Park: 10.5 mi
- Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 11.0 mi
- John Metcalf Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Timber Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Pittsburg: 3.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 5.2 mi
- Wild Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Pikes Peak International Raceway: 10.4 mi
- Domestic Goats: 11.6 mi
- Tiger: 11.6 mi
- snow leopard: 11.7 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Experience: 11.7 mi
- Children Holding Hands: 11.6 mi
- Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 12.9 mi
- Dinosauar: 14.8 mi
- Green Dinosaur: 14.9 mi
- Blota Hunka (Warrior of the Plains): 15.2 mi
- Shipping Container Farm: 11.7 mi
- Bear Sculpture Garden: 11.7 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 16.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 16.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.7 mi
- Point Sublime: 13.3 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 16.6 mi
- Windy Point: 16.8 mi
- The Gym: 18.9 mi
- Tank: 10.4 mi
- Mountaineer Train Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Nelson Camp: 12.8 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 16.0 mi
- Penrose Heritage Museum: 13.2 mi
- World Figure Skating Museum: 13.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 15.8 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 15.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 16.2 mi
- Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Elk Run Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- South Canyon: 19.4 mi
- Tahama Spring: 16.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 17.9 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 17.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 17.9 mi
- Twin Spring: 17.9 mi
- Ramona: 12.3 mi
- Feather: 12.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 12.4 mi
- Shorty: 12.4 mi
- Hull: 12.4 mi
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 9.0 mi
- Fountain Creek Regional Park: 10.0 mi
- Clear Spring Ranch Park: 10.1 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 15.2 mi
- Altman: 17.1 mi
- Franceville: 20.3 mi
- Swallows: 20.8 mi
- Chandler: 24.0 mi
- Dakota Hot Springs: 16.3 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Lytle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachett Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,837 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NW 323° | 3,780 m | 16.6 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,768 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Rosa | NNW 338° | 3,507 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | NNW 328° | 3,404 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cow Mountain | NW 313° | 3,392 m | 15.9 mi |
| Runs-Down-Fast-Mountain | NNW 338° | 3,366 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Garfield | NNW 343° | 3,327 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 16 mi
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