Bear Valley Park
Bear Valley Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,632 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bates and Hobart Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1632 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 7 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 7 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 7 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bates and Hobart Park: 0.4 mi
- Bear Creek Park and Trail: 0.5 mi
- Kendall Park: 0.6 mi
- Bear Valley Common: 0.8 mi
- Pinecrest Park: 1.0 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 1.0 mi
- Old Stone House: 1.5 mi
- Lakewood's Heritage Center: 3.2 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 4.0 mi
- Washington Heights Arts Center: 4.2 mi
- Jefferson Green Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Kendrick Lake Park Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 2.6 mi
- Ruby Hill Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- War Memorial Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
- Barnum Community Garden & Orchard: 4.5 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 2.1 mi
- Windmill: 3.2 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Flow: 3.7 mi
- Articulated Wall (Denver Design District): 5.2 mi
- Easy Crane Games: 3.5 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 3.7 mi
- Wall of Healing: 3.8 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 4.1 mi
- National Ice Core Lab: 5.4 mi
- Ruby Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mount Carbon: 3.7 mi
- Rebel Hill: 3.8 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 6.2 mi
- Mount Glennon: 6.3 mi
- Air Life Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Denver Federal Center: 5.4 mi
- Lamar Station: 5.4 mi
- Colfax-Lakewood Monument: 5.7 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.0 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.1 mi
- Weaver Park: 4.1 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 4.2 mi
- Country West Greenbelt: 4.5 mi
- Sister City Park: 1.3 mi
- Stone House Picnic Shelter: 1.5 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 3.6 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 4.2 mi
- Whitetail: 4.7 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 7.7 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 8.5 mi
- The East Quarry: 10.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 14.9 mi
- Meditation Rock: 17.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 8.1 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 11.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.0 mi
- Boat Beach: 21.1 mi
- Lee Gulch: 6.4 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 17.7 mi
- The Chutes: 20.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 21.3 mi
- Mount Vernon: 7.9 mi
- Arapahoe: 10.0 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 8.2 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Bear Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | SW 223° | 2,854 m | 16.6 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,785 m | 14.0 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 231° | 2,757 m | 13.6 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,711 m | 12.3 mi |
| Centennial Cone | WNW 293° | 2,640 m | 16.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 226° | 2,638 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 219° | 2,633 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,630 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| 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.
- Pond Slider75 obs
- Mallard69 obs
- Hooded Merganser61 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake59 obs
- showy milkweed57 obs
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog56 obs
- Western Honey Bee51 obs
- box elder47 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/358948927
Day trips start here
- Denver · 7 mi
- Arvada · 10 mi
- Golden · 11 mi
- Idaho Springs · 24 mi
- Boulder · 27 mi
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