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Alamo Square Park

Alamo Square Park from directly overhead

Alamo Square Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,828 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.

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Coordinates38.83033, -104.82292

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palmer Center Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Antlers Park: 0.4 mi
  • Carnegie Public Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Acacia Park: 0.5 mi
  • America the Beautiful Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Mount Cutler: 4.2 mi
  • Mays Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Bear Creek Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Muscoco Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Mount Buckhorn: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 42
  • End of an Era: 0.0 mi
  • The Great Pumpkin: 0.1 mi
  • Truffles: 0.1 mi
  • The Lighted Lantern: 0.1 mi
  • Twilight: 0.1 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 32
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 21
  • South Canyon: 4.0 mi
  • Kinnickinnick: 4.2 mi
  • Council Grounds: 4.3 mi
  • Sentinel Point: 4.3 mi
  • East Canyon: 4.4 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Weimer: 4.6 mi
  • Hull: 4.6 mi
  • Shorty: 4.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Alamo Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakW 273°4,302 m11.9 mi
Little Pikes PeakW 276°4,073 m12.8 mi
Devil's PlaygroundW 280°3,984 m13.5 mi
Sachett MountainW 267°3,837 m10.8 mi
Sentinel PointW 273°3,814 m15.2 mi
Sheep MountainWSW 258°3,780 m12.7 mi
Almagre MountainWSW 254°3,768 m9.6 mi
Mount RosaSW 232°3,507 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1515:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341485767727063514032
Precip in0.30.30.81.42.02.33.13.01.30.80.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee297 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel228 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug179 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider162 obs
  • Asiatic Wall Jumping Spider147 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle141 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse124 obs
  • Mallard123 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/37184748

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