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17th Street Plaza

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Elevation, modelled: 1,588 m
Tallest summit within 20.4 miles: Mount Tom2,969 m · 19.4 mi
Nearest byway: Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway10.9 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:32local time
Coordinates: 39.7501, -104.9956

17th Street Plaza from directly overhead

17th Street Plaza is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,588 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Denver's Historic Chinatown, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of 17th Street Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tom	WNW 284°	2,969 m	19.4 mi
Douglas Mountain	W 277°	2,927 m	20.4 mi
Blue Mountain	WNW 296°	2,846 m	20.2 mi
Crescent Mountain	WNW 300°	2,724 m	19.6 mi
Doublehead Mountain	SW 228°	2,711 m	19.2 mi
Grannys Head	WNW 287°	2,686 m	18.5 mi
Centennial Cone	W 271°	2,640 m	19.3 mi
Bear Mountain	WSW 241°	2,630 m	17.9 mi

On the road

10.9 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic BywayNational

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Museums

The Money Museum: 0.2 mi
National Ballpark Museum: 0.3 mi
Dikeou Collection: 0.4 mi
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: 0.5 mi
American Museum of Western Art: 0.6 mi

Artworks

Spilt Milk: 0.2 mi
Giant Hand: 0.3 mi
The 105th Meridian at Denver Union Station: 0.3 mi
Meridian: 0.3 mi
The Player: 0.3 mi

Attractions

Parks

Nature reserves

The Grove at Commons Park: 0.7 mi
Park Hill Park: 3.5 mi
Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
Niver Creek Open Space: 7.6 mi
Farmers High Line Canal Open Space: 9.3 mi

Gardens

Commons Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Centennial Gardens: 0.8 mi
Morey Middle School Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 1.7 mi
36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 1.8 mi

Peaks

Inspiration Point: 4.2 mi
Ruby Hill: 4.6 mi
Mount Carbon: 10.2 mi
Green Mountain: 10.3 mi
Rebel Hill: 11.0 mi

Picnic sites46

Cliffs7

Shale Soil Creep: 11.0 mi
The East Quarry: 11.2 mi
Gothic Overlook: 15.8 mi
Wildcat Point: 19.5 mi
Front Porch: 22.1 mi

Beaches6

Beach (No Swim): 10.6 mi
Swim Beach: 10.7 mi
Swim Beach: 15.1 mi
Swim Beach: 19.5 mi
Boat Beach: 19.6 mi

Ghost towns4

Arapahoe: 9.8 mi
Mount Vernon: 12.0 mi
Serene: 19.0 mi
Dick: 19.7 mi

Waterfalls2

Lee Gulch: 11.5 mi
Maxwell Falls: 23.9 mi

Natural arches1

Keyhole Rock: 13.6 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:04	18:37	19:12
June solstice	05:33	19:52	20:32
September equinox	06:48	18:23	18:59
December solstice	07:18	15:57	16:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	35	35	44	50	59	71	77	75	66	53	42	34
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 2 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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