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Babi Yar Park

Babi Yar Park from directly overhead

Babi Yar Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,682 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Babi Yar Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1682 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.66890, -104.86887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Babi Yar Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • City of Chennai: 2.2 mi
  • George Mackenzie Wallace: 2.8 mi
  • Denver Tech Center: 3.6 mi
  • Lowry AFB Chapel 1 (Bldg 27): 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Paul A. Hentzell Park (undeveloped): 0.1 mi
  • Havana And Cornell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Havana Heights Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hampden Heights Park: 0.9 mi
  • Eastridge Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Figure: 0.3 mi
  • MILE HIGH: 0.4 mi
  • Waterfalls: 0.6 mi
  • Ornamental Lion: 0.6 mi
  • Nature: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Highlands Point: 11.8 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 13.0 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 14.3 mi
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 1.9 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 2.1 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 9.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Babi Yar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 251°2,785 m23.9 mi
Legault MountainWSW 246°2,757 m23.1 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 251°2,711 m22.1 mi
Crow HillWSW 244°2,638 m22.4 mi
Huebner PeakWSW 239°2,633 m22.1 mi
Bear MountainW 262°2,630 m22.6 mi
High PeakWSW 243°2,611 m21.6 mi
Independence MountainW 264°2,539 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441475767737164514032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Creek DAM, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard107 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk55 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie49 obs
  • American White Pelican42 obs
  • Northern Flicker36 obs
  • showy milkweed35 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron34 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/120878838

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