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Button Rock Preserve

Button Rock Preserve from directly overhead

Button Rock Preserve is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,002 m. Meadow Mountain stands 3,546 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Smithy Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Longmont
Getting there

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Coordinates40.22134, -105.37657

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 3.1 mi
  • The Crags: 9.5 mi
  • Quickie Cliff: 10.9 mi
  • Slamdance Buttress: 10.9 mi
  • Crag of Fear: 10.9 mi
Parks
  • LaVern M. Johnson Park: 5.4 mi
  • Sandstone Park: 5.7 mi
  • Lyons Dirt Jump Bike Park: 5.7 mi
  • Bohn Park: 5.8 mi
  • Rock Ledge Park: 6.0 mi
Attractions
  • wrecked vintage car: 5.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 7.2 mi
  • Outback Glades: 7.5 mi
  • Schmoll's Knoll: 7.7 mi
  • Creekside: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 60
Nature reserves: 55
Historic sites: 48
Waterfalls: 36
  • Copeland Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 13.1 mi
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 5
  • Wilson Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 20.1 mi
  • Heron Cove: 23.5 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Willows Landing: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Button Rock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meadow MountainWSW 253°3,546 m10.7 mi
Twin Sisters PeaksWNW 302°3,454 m8.8 mi
Twin Sisters MountainWNW 302°3,325 m8.8 mi
Lookout MountainW 272°3,262 m9.9 mi
Horsetooth PeakW 274°3,152 m9.7 mi
Pierson MountainNW 317°2,987 m7.6 mi
Lion HeadNW 322°2,968 m7.8 mi
Lily MountainNW 308°2,967 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232531344453595851413124

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/848164622

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