Fishers Peak State Park
Fishers Peak State Park is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,250 m. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy, a peak 0.5 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 3.7 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 8.0 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Baldy: 0.5 mi
- Fishers Peak Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Fishers Peak: 3.8 mi
- Osita Point: 4.0 mi
- Bartlett Mesa: 5.0 mi
- South Side Park: 7.8 mi
- Sugarite Canyon: 7.8 mi
- Central Park: 8.4 mi
- Memorial Square: 8.4 mi
- Cimino Park: 8.5 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 3.7 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 9.4 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 11.0 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 12.3 mi
- Ludlow Memorial: 20.8 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 8.4 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 8.4 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 8.5 mi
- Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum: 8.7 mi
- Art Cartopia Museum: 10.1 mi
- Raton: 10.2 mi
- north finial: 10.4 mi
- south finial: 10.4 mi
- Prospect Point: 8.9 mi
- Prestons Point: 24.9 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 7.6 mi
- Star: 10.2 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fishers Peak State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | NNE 23° | 2,920 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | NE 43° | 2,887 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | E 95° | 2,747 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | SE 141° | 2,709 m | 5.0 mi |
| Burro Mesa | E 90° | 2,666 m | 8.0 mi |
| Horse Mesa | ESE 115° | 2,662 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | SE 124° | 2,661 m | 5.9 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | SE 136° | 2,636 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Maloya, 8 mi away.
- Aphrodite Fritillary6 obs
- Juniper Hairstreak5 obs
- Sawsepal Beardtongue4 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine4 obs
- American Black Bear3 obs
- Western Wallflower3 obs
- White Horehound3 obs
- Weidemeyer's Admiral3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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