Bear Creek Park
Bear Creek Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,623 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sabin Elementary School Track, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1623 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 8 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 8 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 8 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sabin Elementary School Track: 0.5 mi
- Bear Valley Common: 0.6 mi
- Bear Creek Park and Trail: 0.7 mi
- Pinecrest Park: 0.7 mi
- Sheridan Square Park: 0.8 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 0.9 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Flow: 4.1 mi
- Windmill: 4.3 mi
- Articulated Wall (Denver Design District): 4.6 mi
- Air Life Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Eugene Field Cottage: 5.3 mi
- Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 5.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 5.4 mi
- Jefferson Green Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Ruby Hill Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- War Memorial Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Craig Garden: 3.6 mi
- Kendrick Lake Park Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 3.8 mi
- Ruby Hill: 2.9 mi
- Rebel Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Carbon: 4.9 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 7.0 mi
- Mount Glennon: 7.5 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 3.0 mi
- Easy Crane Games: 3.3 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 3.7 mi
- Wall of Healing: 3.8 mi
- Casa Bonita: 6.3 mi
- Weaver Park: 4.0 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 4.5 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.8 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.8 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 5.1 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 2.2 mi
- Old Stone House: 2.8 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 3.1 mi
- Sexploratorium: 3.7 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Sister City Park: 2.5 mi
- Stone House Picnic Shelter: 2.7 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 3.1 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 7.9 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.8 mi
- Boat Beach: 19.9 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 8.9 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 9.1 mi
- The East Quarry: 11.9 mi
- Wildcat Point: 14.0 mi
- Meditation Rock: 18.5 mi
- Lee Gulch: 5.4 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 18.6 mi
- The Chutes: 20.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 22.1 mi
- Mount Vernon: 9.1 mi
- Arapahoe: 11.0 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 9.3 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Bear Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | SW 227° | 2,854 m | 17.1 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,785 m | 14.8 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 235° | 2,757 m | 14.3 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,711 m | 13.1 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 230° | 2,638 m | 13.9 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 223° | 2,633 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 261° | 2,630 m | 13.2 mi |
| High Peak | SW 229° | 2,611 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 3 mi away.
- American Bullfrog40 obs
- Mallard39 obs
- Western Honey Bee37 obs
- Pond Slider36 obs
- Bald Eagle34 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake34 obs
- Canada Goose28 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush28 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358918680
Day trips start here
- Denver · 7 mi
- Arvada · 10 mi
- Golden · 12 mi
- Idaho Springs · 26 mi
- Boulder · 28 mi
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