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Berkeley Park

Berkeley Park from directly overhead

Berkeley Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,630 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Inspiration Point Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

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Coordinates39.78251, -105.04981

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Inspiration Point Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cesar Chavez Park: 0.7 mi
  • Randall Park: 0.8 mi
  • CreekSide Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hopper Hollow Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Face the Sun: 0.7 mi
  • Fred Dog: 0.9 mi
  • Sain Ignatius of Loyola, S.J.: 1.0 mi
  • Pedro Arrupe, S.J.: 1.0 mi
  • Our Lady of Loretto: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Logan: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial of the statue: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial of the statue: 1.0 mi
  • USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Lakewood-Colfax Monument: 2.9 mi
Gardens
  • Prayer Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Sister Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Jefferson High Vegetable Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Denver mural: 2.8 mi
  • Rock Sculpture Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Confluence Park / REI: 2.9 mi
  • RipQurl: 3.0 mi
  • Mega Wedgie: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.0 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 45
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 12.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Berkeley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainW 281°2,982 m17.3 mi
Mount TomW 278°2,969 m16.2 mi
Douglas MountainW 271°2,927 m17.4 mi
Blue MountainWNW 293°2,846 m16.6 mi
Windy PeakWNW 287°2,779.776 m18.3 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 299°2,724 m16.0 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 282°2,686 m15.2 mi
Scar Top MountainWNW 301°2,675 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341485767737062503932
Precip in0.60.81.52.32.61.71.91.61.31.20.90.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheat Ridge 2, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-winged Blackbird90 obs
  • Western Honey Bee86 obs
  • showy milkweed81 obs
  • Mallard76 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider63 obs
  • field bindweed57 obs
  • Northern Flicker55 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 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/150290100

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