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Tarryall

Tarryall from directly overhead

Tarryall is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,659 m. Kenosha Mountains stands 3,787 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Tarryall Peak, a peak 3.0 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.

ghost town in Colorado, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12190, -105.47600

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • South Tarryall Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Lizard Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Bradley Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Pilot Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Top view: 6.2 mi
  • Chicken Scratch Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Longwater Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Hackett Rock: 9.8 mi
  • The Big Stump: 17.4 mi
Parks: 11
  • Elevenmile State Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
  • Florissant Children's Park: 16.2 mi
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: 17.8 mi
  • Manitou Park Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
  • Divide Regional Park: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Idlewilde Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Scraggy View Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • The Tooth: 12.9 mi
  • Elevenmile Dome: 13.0 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Chutes: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Tarryall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kenosha MountainsNNW 338°3,787 m18.4 mi
Bison MountainN 352°3,777 m8.1 mi
McCurdy MountainN 3°3,702 m6.8 mi
Windy PeakN 9°3,636 m12.6 mi
North Tarryall PeakNNW 331°3,629 m15.0 mi
Shawnee PeakNNW 341°3,624 m20.1 mi
Topaz MountainNNW 333°3,584 m12.6 mi
Buffalo PeakNNE 29°3,526 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3719:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:1816:0116:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138435363686659483830
Precip in0.50.51.21.51.81.72.62.61.21.00.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheesman, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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