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Sacred Waters

Sacred Waters from directly overhead

Sacred Waters is a hot spring in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,752 m. Mount Sopris stands 3,841 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cocktail Spring, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Glenwood Hot Springs
Access
Customers only
Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates39.54996, -107.32202

147 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Lookout Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Horse Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Flatiron Mountain: 8.5 mi
  • Baxter Peak: 8.6 mi
Parks: 51
  • Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • A E Axtell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Two Rivers Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veltus Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sayre Park: 1.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Hot springs: 7
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 1.8 mi
  • Grizzly Creek: 3.8 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 7.5 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 24.1 mi
  • Cross and Statue at Entrance: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Deep Lake Day Use: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rifle Falls: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sacred Waters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SoprisSSE 157°3,841 m21.6 mi
W MountainNNE 24°3,624 m24.5 mi
Turret PeakNNE 17°3,498 m23.4 mi
Blair MountainNNW 343°3,492 m17.6 mi
Timber MountainN 355°3,476 m23.9 mi
White River PlateauNNW 347°3,466 m14.4 mi
Hunns PeakN 358°3,420 m16.5 mi
Baxter PeakN 1°3,409 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0020:41
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2716:0716:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F243040465564716961493626
Precip in1.11.21.21.61.71.01.11.31.61.61.11.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1486097524

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