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Glen Eyrie

Glen Eyrie from directly overhead

Glen Eyrie is a historic site in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,987 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mesa, a peak 0.7 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1871
Elevation
1987 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89168, -104.88569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Mesa: 0.7 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Red Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Peppermint Ridge High Point: 3.8 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • Tower of Babel: 0.8 mi
  • Kissing Camels: 0.9 mi
  • North Gateway Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Sentinel Spires: 1.0 mi
  • Pulpit Rock: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Mountain Shadows Park: 1.4 mi
  • Trail Junction Picnic Grounds: 1.7 mi
  • Piñon Valley Park: 2.0 mi
  • Westmoor Park: 2.1 mi
  • Wickes Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 42
Historic sites: 32
  • Pioneer Park Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • George Eber Duclo: 2.7 mi
  • For the Unborn: 3.7 mi
  • Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 4.7 mi
  • Welcome to Colorado Springs: 5.0 mi
Gardens: 32
  • The Secret Garden: 3.9 mi
  • westside community garden: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Labyrinth: 4.1 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 4.2 mi
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 22
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 5.7 mi
  • Lazy Land: 6.1 mi
  • South Canyon: 6.2 mi
  • Sentinel Point: 6.3 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Glen Eyrie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakWSW 247°4,302 m9.2 mi
Little Pikes PeakWSW 253°4,073 m9.8 mi
Devil's PlaygroundW 259°3,984 m10.1 mi
Sachett MountainWSW 237°3,837 m8.9 mi
Sentinel PointWSW 253°3,814 m12.3 mi
Sheep MountainSW 233°3,780 m11.4 mi
Almagre MountainSW 220°3,768 m9.1 mi
Mount RosaSSW 199°3,507 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1515:5916:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384656605853433326
Precip in0.71.01.93.12.52.13.93.91.91.20.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/773641056

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