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Park Hill Park

Park Hill Park from directly overhead

Park Hill Park is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,606 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Axum Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2025-10-28
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Denver
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77117, -104.93503

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Red Panda: 1.6 mi
  • Tropical Discovery: 1.6 mi
  • The Edge (New Tiger Exhibit): 1.7 mi
  • Monkey Island: 1.7 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Camarasaurus Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Snowmastodon Sculpture: 1.7 mi
  • Mother bear and cubs: 1.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Memorial: 1.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Mordecai Children's Garden: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 4.0 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.8 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 6.8 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 7.3 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 9.8 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 44
  • Picnic Table: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 4.3 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 4.4 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 4.4 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Park Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 278°2,969 m22.3 mi
Blue MountainWNW 289°2,846 m22.6 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 293°2,724 m21.8 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 230°2,711 m22.6 mi
Grannys HeadW 280°2,686 m21.3 mi
Centennial ConeW 267°2,640 m22.5 mi
Bear MountainWSW 242°2,630 m21.5 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 293°2,594 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/306670973

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