Vail Memorial Park
Vail Memorial Park is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,547 m. Mount Powell stands 4,141 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is East Vail Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Cemetery in Vail, Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
Wikidata Q131323059, matched on coordinates and name (99 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2004
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Vail
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 22.7 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Vail Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Climber's Point: 3.7 mi
- Mount Solitude: 3.9 mi
- East Partner Peak: 4.2 mi
- Booth Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Bighorn Park: 1.6 mi
- Ford Park: 3.0 mi
- Roger Staub Park: 3.3 mi
- Parker's Green: 3.3 mi
- Hodgepodge: 3.0 mi
- Granite Landscape: 3.0 mi
- Spirit of the Skier: 3.2 mi
- The Ski Trooper: 3.4 mi
- Branching Pattern: 3.4 mi
- Northeast Entrance Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
- Aspen Grove: 2.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain Alpine Garden: 2.9 mi
- Mountain Conifer Border: 2.9 mi
- Saxifrage Garden: 2.9 mi
- John & Cissy Dobson: 3.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 3.4 mi
- Seibert Fountain: 3.4 mi
- The Edge: 3.4 mi
- Pete Seibert's Dream: 3.4 mi
- The Discovery Center: 2.8 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Museum and Gift Shop: 3.0 mi
- Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center: 3.0 mi
- Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame: 3.3 mi
- Bridge Street: 3.4 mi
- Imagination Station: 4.0 mi
- Thunder Cat Cave: 4.3 mi
- Holy Cross Adventure Course: 4.4 mi
- Forest Flyer: 4.5 mi
- Gilman: 8.9 mi
- Pando: 13.0 mi
- Holy Cross City: 18.2 mi
- Preston: 18.5 mi
- Climax: 20.4 mi
- East Vail Falls: 0.4 mi
- Booth Falls: 1.9 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Cataract Falls: 12.7 mi
- Continental Falls: 19.6 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 9.4 mi
- Edwards Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Edwards: 17.2 mi
- Target Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Eagle Roost: 15.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 19.9 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 13.5 mi
- Williams Fork: 18.3 mi
- Meadows Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Radium Hot Springs: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Vail Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Powell | NNW 349° | 4,141 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Silverthorne | E 84° | 4,072 m | 6.5 mi |
| East Thorn | E 85° | 4,065 m | 7.0 mi |
| Eagles Nest | NNW 347° | 4,057 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Valhalla | ENE 77° | 4,017 m | 5.1 mi |
| Red Peak | E 94° | 4,004 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Solitude | NE 42° | 3,988 m | 3.9 mi |
| North Traverse | ENE 64° | 3,988 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/703241551
Day trips start here
- Vail · 3 mi
- Breckenridge · 18 mi
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