Country West Greenbelt
Country West Greenbelt is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,757 m. Bergen Peak stands 2,957 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Creek Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Foothills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 5 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 5 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 5 mi
- Hawk Watch · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Creek Park: 0.4 mi
- Bobby Hyatt Jr Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Trappers Glen Park: 0.5 mi
- Belleview Acres Park: 0.5 mi
- Timothy M. Mossbrucker Park: 0.5 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
- Alkire Greenbelt: 0.8 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 1.0 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 1.7 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 1.7 mi
- Mount Carbon: 2.0 mi
- Rebel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Glennon: 3.1 mi
- Silver Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Windmill: 2.3 mi
- Spirit: 4.8 mi
- CCC Worker: 5.0 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 5.3 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.8 mi
- Bradford-Perley House: 2.5 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 3.4 mi
- Summer White House Site: 4.7 mi
- Walker Home Ruins: 5.1 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 3.1 mi
- Wall of Healing: 3.1 mi
- Bandimere Speedway: 4.0 mi
- Trading Post: 4.8 mi
- Concretion: 5.0 mi
- Jefferson Green Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Kendrick Lake Park Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 4.6 mi
- The Landing: 4.8 mi
- Plant Select Garden: 5.0 mi
- Market Garden: 5.0 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Old Stone House: 3.8 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 4.4 mi
- Tiny Town: 4.9 mi
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame: 5.0 mi
- Whitetail: 2.6 mi
- Muskrat Meadows: 2.7 mi
- Cottontail: 2.9 mi
- Whale Watch Mesa: 3.1 mi
- Sister City Park: 3.4 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 4.1 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 7.0 mi
- The East Quarry: 11.2 mi
- Meditation Rock: 13.3 mi
- Wildcat Point: 15.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 6.0 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 15.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 15.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 24.4 mi
- Boat Beach: 24.5 mi
- Mount Vernon: 6.3 mi
- Arapahoe: 11.0 mi
- Russell Gulch: 24.1 mi
- Nevadaville: 24.5 mi
- Lee Gulch: 7.7 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 13.4 mi
- The Chutes: 16.7 mi
- Elk Falls: 16.9 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 5.2 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Country West Greenbelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergen Peak | WNW 283° | 2,957 m | 14.3 mi |
| Riley Peak | SW 220° | 2,854 m | 12.2 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,785 m | 9.5 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 230° | 2,757 m | 9.2 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,711 m | 7.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 222° | 2,638 m | 8.8 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SSW 212° | 2,633 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 271° | 2,630 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/224447040
Day trips start here
- Denver · 11 mi
- Golden · 11 mi
- Arvada · 13 mi
- Idaho Springs · 22 mi
- Boulder · 28 mi
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