Moore Open Space
Moore Open Space is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,426 m. Castle Peak stands 4,352 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Moore Ballfields, a park 0.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pitkin County
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Butte: 1.0 mi
- Shadow Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bell Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Aspen Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Moore Ballfields: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Iselin Park: 0.5 mi
- Bugsy Barnard Park: 0.6 mi
- Tot Lot Park: 0.6 mi
- Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum: 0.6 mi
- Wheeler/Stallard House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Aspen Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Marx • Phelan Building: 1.6 mi
- Aspen Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Maze: 0.9 mi
- Breathtaker: 4.8 mi
- Ashcroft Ghost Town: 9.9 mi
- Oliver's Cabin: 17.6 mi
- Crystal River Jeep Tours: 20.4 mi
- Lenado: 5.6 mi
- Ashcroft: 10.0 mi
- Independence: 14.3 mi
- Crystal: 16.6 mi
- Holy Cross City: 24.9 mi
- Marolt Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies: 1.3 mi
- Sky Mountain Park: 4.0 mi
- North Mesa: 5.0 mi
- Lower Buttressess: 1.4 mi
- East Face: 1.5 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 9.4 mi
- Seven Castles: 14.7 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Devil’s Punch Bowl: 16.0 mi
- Judd Falls: 17.7 mi
- Hayes Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 12.9 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 20.4 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 20.6 mi
- Emerald Lake: 16.5 mi
- Emerald Lake: 23.8 mi
- Meadows Day Use Area: 24.3 mi
- Crystal Mill: 16.7 mi
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 21.2 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 23.5 mi
- CBCS Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- The Peace Garden: 24.1 mi
- Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Chromatic Gate: 1.0 mi
- Knight and Dragon: 23.8 mi
- Hot Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Moore Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak | S 184° | 4,352.2 m | 12.8 mi |
| Maroon Peak | SW 222° | 4,317 m | 11.5 mi |
| Capitol Peak | WSW 256° | 4,309 m | 13.0 mi |
| Snowmass Mountain | WSW 246° | 4,297.3 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SSW 213° | 4,274.7 m | 10.2 mi |
| Conundrum Peak | S 184° | 4,271 m | 12.4 mi |
| North Maroon Peak | SW 223° | 4,261 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | S 184° | 4,247 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 43 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aspen 1SW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1077124800
Day trips start here
- Aspen · 2 mi
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