- Elevation
- 2,767 m
- Tallest summit within 15.1 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 12.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour16.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0105, -104.9953
Air Force Academy Recreation Area is a park in Colorado, at a recorded 2,767 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Pavilions A and B, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.
- Elevation
- 2767 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Air Force Academy Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SSW 193° | 4,302 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | SSW 197° | 4,073 m | 11.7 mi |
| Devil's Playground | SSW 202° | 3,984 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | S 187° | 3,837 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sentinel Point | SSW 207° | 3,814 m | 13.1 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | S 180° | 3,768 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Garfield | S 170° | 3,327 m | 14.3 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | S 175° | 3,303 m | 13.6 mi |
- 16.2 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 17 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Eagle's Peak: 4.3 mi
- Soldier Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 5.0 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 5.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: 3.2 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 5.4 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 5.6 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 5.8 mi
- Air Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Cavalier Park: 3.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Bergstrom Park: 3.4 mi
- Lions Park: 3.7 mi
- Tamarac Neighborhood Park: 3.8 mi
- Back to Kansas: 5.4 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 5.5 mi
- Honor Wall: 5.6 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 5.6 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 5.8 mi
- abandoned bull pen: 0.9 mi
- Abandoned cabin: 1.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 5.8 mi
- Eagle and Fledgling statue: 5.8 mi
- The Labyrinth: 7.6 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Labyrinth: 10.0 mi
- The Children's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 6.8 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 7.6 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- The Homestead: 12.8 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 9.0 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 10.7 mi
- Miramont Castle: 11.2 mi
- Heritage Center: 11.5 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 11.9 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 10.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 11.2 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 11.2 mi
- Twin Spring: 11.2 mi
- Stratton Spring: 11.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.4 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 16.1 mi
- Weimer: 17.0 mi
- Hill: 17.0 mi
- Hull: 17.0 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 13.1 mi
- Windy Point: 13.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 16.2 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.4 mi
- The Tooth: 21.7 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 14.1 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 14.3 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 16.3 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 21.1 mi
- Husted: 6.1 mi
- Gwillimsville: 13.4 mi
- Dakan: 16.1 mi
- Altman: 20.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument 3S, 8 mi away.
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