- Elevation, modelled
- 2,130 m
- Tallest summit within 23.0 miles
- Mount Garfield3,327 m · 22.1 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9637, -104.5901
Balcon Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 2,130 m. Mount Garfield stands 3,327 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Greens Park, a park 1.1 miles away.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Balcon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Garfield | WSW 241° | 3,327 m | 22.1 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | WSW 243° | 3,303 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Arthur | WSW 241° | 3,293 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cameron Cone | WSW 245° | 3,263 m | 21.6 mi |
| Marys Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,004 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,988 m | 21.9 mi |
| Stove Mountain | SW 233° | 2,984 m | 22.4 mi |
| Ormes Peak | W 267° | 2,963 m | 18.5 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- The Greens Park: 1.1 mi
- Fairway Heights Park: 1.5 mi
- Longview Park: 1.7 mi
- Falcon Trailhead: 2.0 mi
- Falcon Dog Park: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- American Aviation: 1.1 mi
- ochre cliffs: 11.2 mi
- F-5 Tiger II: 11.2 mi
- Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: 11.3 mi
- T-33A Shooting Star: 11.4 mi
Peaks
- Vollmer Hill: 5.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 8.5 mi
- Hunters Hill: 10.7 mi
- Table Rock: 11.7 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 41
- Golden Egg: 7.7 mi
- Muffler Man: 10.7 mi
- The Gateway to Wisdom: 10.8 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 11.7 mi
- St. Clare: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 32
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 10.7 mi
- The Children's Garden: 10.7 mi
- Labyrinth: 12.0 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 14.8 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 14.8 mi
Historic sites: 31
- Fred McKown Park: 8.2 mi
- LGM-30G Minuteman III: 11.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 11.4 mi
- MIM-14 Nike Hercules: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 19
- The Homestead: 9.3 mi
- Pawnee Ridge: 11.1 mi
- Youth Camp: 11.2 mi
- Lazy Land: 11.2 mi
- Seven Castles: 11.2 mi
Museums: 17
- Peterson Air and Space Museum: 11.5 mi
- National Museum of World War II Aviation: 12.1 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 13.5 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 15.0 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 15.2 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 15.4 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 18.8 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 19.0 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 19.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 19.2 mi
- Hill: 20.0 mi
- Weimer: 20.0 mi
- Hull: 20.0 mi
- Shorty: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Mesa Open Space: 15.7 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 15.8 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 16.0 mi
- Fountain Creek Regional Park: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Corral Bluffs: 6.7 mi
- Ship Rock: 15.6 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 17.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 19.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Franceville: 10.9 mi
- Gwillimsville: 13.6 mi
- Husted: 16.0 mi
- Bijou Basin: 16.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 15 mi
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