Ackerman Overlook
Ackerman Overlook is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,011 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Clare, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Jasper D Ackerman
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 26 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Victory Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Kathleen Marriage Park: 1.5 mi
- Overlook Park: 1.8 mi
- Lulu Pollard Park: 2.0 mi
- Mary Kyer Park: 2.2 mi
- Hunters Hill: 2.6 mi
- Peppermint Ridge High Point: 3.7 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 4.6 mi
- Blodgett Peak: 5.4 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- Air Gardens: 4.6 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 4.6 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 4.8 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 4.9 mi
- ochre cliffs: 6.9 mi
- St. Clare: 0.7 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 0.9 mi
- St. Francis of Assisi: 3.9 mi
- Golden Egg: 4.2 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 4.6 mi
- Labyrinth: 0.9 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Labyrinth: 4.0 mi
- The Children's Garden: 4.8 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Eagle and Fledgling statue: 4.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 4.6 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 4.6 mi
- The Homestead: 2.7 mi
- Lazy Land: 6.7 mi
- Youth Camp: 7.2 mi
- Sentinel Point: 7.3 mi
- Pawnee Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 3.4 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 6.4 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 9.2 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 9.5 mi
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 9.5 mi
- Tahama Spring: 9.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 9.9 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 10.0 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 10.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 9.7 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 14.0 mi
- Hill: 14.1 mi
- Weimer: 14.1 mi
- Hull: 14.1 mi
- Husted: 4.4 mi
- Gwillimsville: 8.6 mi
- Franceville: 16.5 mi
- Dakan: 22.5 mi
- Altman: 24.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 9.3 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 9.7 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 11.0 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 17.2 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 10.0 mi
- Point Sublime: 13.1 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 13.8 mi
- Windy Point: 16.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Ackerman Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SW 233° | 4,302 m | 15.8 mi |
| Devil's Playground | WSW 241° | 3,984 m | 16.1 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | SW 226° | 3,837 m | 15.8 mi |
| Runs-Down-Fast-Mountain | SSW 212° | 3,366 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Garfield | SSW 212° | 3,327 m | 13.9 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | SW 217° | 3,303 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Arthur | SSW 211° | 3,293 m | 13.7 mi |
| Cameron Cone | SW 217° | 3,263 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 54 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black Forest 6wnw, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4781571844
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 10 mi
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