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Ben Bezoff Park

Ben Bezoff Park from directly overhead

Ben Bezoff Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,662 m. Legault Mountain stands 2,757 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Westerly Creek Trail, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1662 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.70486, -104.86986

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westerly Creek Trail: 0.5 mi
  • Expo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Possible Future Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Possible future Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Canterbury Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 4.2 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 4.9 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 5.7 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 8.1 mi
  • Willow Springs Open Space: 8.6 mi
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 11.5 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Highlands Point: 14.1 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 14.7 mi
Museums: 57
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.3 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.6 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 10.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Ben Bezoff Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Legault MountainWSW 241°2,757 m24.1 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 245°2,711 m23.0 mi
Crow HillWSW 238°2,638 m23.5 mi
Huebner PeakSW 234°2,633 m23.4 mi
Bear MountainWSW 256°2,630 m23.0 mi
High PeakWSW 237°2,611 m22.8 mi
Independence MountainWSW 258°2,539 m23.2 mi
Sampson MountainSW 232°2,524 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
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 °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy milkweed48 obs
  • field bindweed31 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider29 obs
  • Japanese Beetle26 obs
  • House Finch25 obs
  • prickly lettuce24 obs
  • Great Spreadwing24 obs
  • Mallard21 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/1017482989

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