Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,216 m. Meredith Hill stands 1,342 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxbow State Wildlife Area, a park 1.0 miles away. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
How to reach it
26 named places within 25 miles
- Oxbow State Wildlife Area: 1.0 mi
- Santa Fe Plaza: 7.6 mi
- City Park: 8.1 mi
- Tippy Martinez Softball Field: 8.4 mi
- Potter Park: 8.5 mi
- Miller Mesa: 8.2 mi
- Meredith Hill: 11.1 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 14.2 mi
- Getchel Hill: 14.8 mi
- Eagle Nest: 19.6 mi
- Otero Museum: 8.1 mi
- Koshare Museum & Trading Post: 8.3 mi
- John W. Rawlings Heritage Center: 11.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 8.0 mi
- AT&SF Locomotive 1024: 8.1 mi
- Dixie Bluffs: 13.6 mi
- Todd Point: 17.0 mi
- Vogel Canyon Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Timpas Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Southwest Chief train mural: 7.7 mi
- ATSF Manzanola Depot: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Hill | NW 305° | 1,342 m | 11.1 mi |
| Miller Mesa | SSW 195° | 1,320 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | ESE 120° | 1,299 m | 14.2 mi |
| Getchel Hill | SE 124° | 1,291 m | 14.8 mi |
| Eagle Nest | SE 132° | 1,274 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:41 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:57 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 46 | 53 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Junta Muni AP, 5 mi away.
- Buffalo Gourd37 obs
- showy milkweed20 obs
- Barn Swallow12 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad11 obs
- field bindweed9 obs
- horsetail milkweed9 obs
- narrowleaf globemallow7 obs
- purple groundcherry6 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.
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