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Aiken Canyon Preserve

Aiken Canyon Preserve from directly overhead

Aiken Canyon Preserve is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,976 m. Sachett Mountain stands 3,837 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lytle, a ghost town 1.7 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.62028, -104.88844

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Pittsburg: 2.5 mi
  • Timber Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Goat Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Black Mountain: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 9.5 mi
  • Glen Oaks Park: 9.6 mi
  • Iron Horse Park: 9.6 mi
  • Founder's Field: 9.8 mi
  • Oak Meadows Park: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 60
Artworks: 36
  • Children Holding Hands: 10.8 mi
  • Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 11.7 mi
  • Dinosauar: 14.1 mi
  • Green Dinosaur: 14.2 mi
  • The Epicenter: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 31
  • Bear Sculpture Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Shipping Container Farm: 10.6 mi
  • Hillside Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 15.3 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 24
Historic sites: 24
  • Tank: 9.8 mi
  • Mountaineer Train Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Nelson Camp: 11.3 mi
  • Gresson Ore Sorting: 14.7 mi
  • Welcome to Colorado Springs: 15.0 mi
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 18
  • Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Elk Run Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • South Canyon: 18.6 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Ramona: 11.1 mi
  • Feather: 11.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil: 11.1 mi
  • Shorty: 11.1 mi
  • Hull: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 16.5 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 19.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Aiken Canyon Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sachett MountainNNW 332°3,837 m15.7 mi
Sheep MountainNW 323°3,780 m14.9 mi
Almagre MountainNNW 334°3,768 m13.1 mi
Mount RosaNNW 341°3,507 m9.8 mi
Mount Big ChiefNNW 330°3,404 m9.3 mi
Cow MountainNW 312°3,392 m14.2 mi
Runs-Down-Fast-MountainNNW 341°3,366 m12.4 mi
Mount GarfieldNNW 346°3,327 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4820:28
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1516:0116:42

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12040726388

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