Bonny State Recreation Area
Bonny State Recreation Area is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,120 m. Peate Hill stands 1,156 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is South Republican Management Area, a nature reserve 7.1 miles away. 22 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
Closed since the reservior was drained in 2011.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1120 m
How to reach it
22 named places within 25 miles
- school: 9.1 mi
- School Number 65 (ruins): 12.5 mi
- Blue Ridge School (ruins): 17.8 mi
- German Plains School: 21.8 mi
- Rocket Park: 22.2 mi
- Saint Francis Wildlife Area: 18.8 mi
- Outback Territory Park: 21.4 mi
- Kirk Lion's Hall: 21.7 mi
- Parmer Park: 22.2 mi
- Bethune Park: 24.6 mi
- Burlington Rest Area & Colorado Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Goodland Rest Area Westbound: 24.0 mi
- Kansas Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- Old Town Museum: 22.0 mi
- Cheyenne County Museum: 23.1 mi
- Motorcycle Museum: 23.4 mi
- Peate Hill: 15.8 mi
- Pawnee Hill: 18.7 mi
- Kit Carson County Carousel: 21.2 mi
- Kit Carson County Fairgrounds: 21.3 mi
- South Republican Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Tuttle: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bonny State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peate Hill | N 1° | 1,156 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pawnee Hill | N 0° | 1,108 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:40 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:46 | 16:29 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonny DAM 2NE, 5 mi away.
- Red-bellied Woodpecker5 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- Eastern Bluebird3 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- sand sagebrush3 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk2 obs
- Yellow-headed Blackbird2 obs
- broadleaf milkweed2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/358944302
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