Trinidad Lake State Park
Trinidad Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,917 m. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the east-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Madrid, a ghost town 3.4 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 1.4 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1917 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colorado Parks & Wildlife
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
- 10.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
83 named places within 25 miles
- Simpsons Rest: 5.0 mi
- Osita Point: 5.6 mi
- Pio Hill: 6.5 mi
- Fishers Peak: 6.8 mi
- Fishers Peak Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Central Park: 4.2 mi
- South Side Park: 4.4 mi
- The Pit: 4.6 mi
- Cimino Park: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Square: 4.9 mi
- Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum: 4.6 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 4.8 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 4.9 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 4.9 mi
- Art Cartopia Museum: 6.2 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 8.0 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 10.8 mi
- Ludlow Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Hastings Mine Explosion: 14.6 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 17.0 mi
- Raton: 17.3 mi
- north finial: 17.6 mi
- south finial: 17.6 mi
- Prospect Point: 4.1 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 7.6 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Star: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trinidad Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | ESE 110° | 2,920 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | ESE 116° | 2,887 m | 7.9 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | ESE 122° | 2,747 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | SE 140° | 2,709 m | 12.6 mi |
| Burro Mesa | ESE 114° | 2,666 m | 14.1 mi |
| Horse Mesa | SE 127° | 2,662 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | SE 133° | 2,661 m | 13.4 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | SE 138° | 2,636 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trinidad Lake, 2 mi away.
- Prairie Lizard45 obs
- tree cholla28 obs
- Colorado Pinyon22 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush18 obs
- field bindweed17 obs
- Scarlet Gilia16 obs
- Scarlet Globemallow16 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus16 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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