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Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area

Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area from directly overhead

Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area is a nature reserve in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,363 m. Arkansas Mountain stands 3,222 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Curley Peak, a peak 4.0 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.30523, -105.37067
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Curley Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Tanner Peak: 5.0 mi
  • McKinley Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Mountain: 6.1 mi
Parks: 22
  • Grape Creek Picnic Ground: 7.4 mi
  • Temple Canyon Park: 7.7 mi
  • Florence Mountain Park: 10.6 mi
  • Colorado Territorial Prison Park: 11.3 mi
  • Centennial Park: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 22
Attractions: 6
  • Royal Gorge Bridge: 11.0 mi
  • Royal Gorge Bridge Visitor Center: 11.2 mi
  • Skyline Drive: 12.4 mi
  • Royal Gorge Dinosaur Adventure: 13.5 mi
  • Seep Springs Arch: 18.6 mi
Museums: 5
  • Beckwith Ranch: 11.4 mi
  • Colorado Prison Museum: 11.4 mi
  • SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 12.4 mi
  • All Aboard Westcliffe: 13.0 mi
  • Florence Pioneer Museum: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • USFS CORNER: 17.2 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 17.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Venable Falls: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arkansas MountainSSE 156°3,222 m14.1 mi
Hardscrabble MountainSE 130°3,164 m12.3 mi
Adobe PeakSE 125°3,100 m11.8 mi
Holt MountainESE 121°3,015 m13.0 mi
Mock HillESE 119°2,975 m13.9 mi
Lead MountainSE 134°2,966 m12.3 mi
Stull MountainESE 120°2,960 m10.9 mi
Mount RobinsonS 174°2,952 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3919:5020:29
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0416:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735415059636155443324
Precip in0.50.61.11.61.40.82.72.00.90.90.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westcliffe, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/394391280

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