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Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area from directly overhead

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,206 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,995 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.43495, -105.61592

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • Indian Park: 12.3 mi
  • Dollar Park: 12.6 mi
  • Rattler Park: 12.8 mi
  • Grape Creek Picnic Ground: 16.2 mi
  • Temple Canyon Park: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Thompson Point: 16.2 mi
  • Far Side: 24.0 mi
  • California Ethics Pinnacle: 24.1 mi
  • Bulge Wall: 24.1 mi
  • Menses Prow: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 5
Museums: 5
  • Beckwith Ranch: 17.5 mi
  • Colorado Prison Museum: 20.0 mi
  • The Salida Museum: 22.1 mi
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 22.2 mi
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 22.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hayden Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Oak Springs: 18.1 mi
  • Oak Springs: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Venable Falls: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSSW 202°3,995 m15.3 mi
Baldy PeakSSW 207°3,900 m14.4 mi
Wulsten BaldySSW 208°3,870 m14.3 mi
Nipple MountainSW 220°3,705 m15.2 mi
Waugh MountainNNW 340°3,564 m12.3 mi
Stoney Face MountainNNW 326°3,465 m12.2 mi
Loco MountainN 351°3,415 m9.7 mi
Jack Hall MountainNW 309°3,345 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272735404960636155453526
Precip in0.60.91.61.82.11.23.53.51.61.10.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guffey 9SE, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/10809754

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