Boulder Mountain Park
Boulder Mountain Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,234 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dinosaur Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2234 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Mountain Parks · 17 mi
- Buffalo Herd Overlook · 18 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 20 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dinosaur Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Nebel Horn: 0.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Seal Rock: 0.6 mi
- The Flatirons: 0.7 mi
- NCAR Exhibits: 1.2 mi
- Neptune Museum: 2.6 mi
- Neptune Mountaineering: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Natural History - Henderson Building: 2.6 mi
- Museum Collections - Bruce Curtis Building: 2.6 mi
- Old Jake: 1.2 mi
- The Flower on the Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Appositio: 2.7 mi
- Grand Challenges in Global Health: 2.7 mi
- John Garrey Tippit Memorial Sundial: 2.8 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 1.8 mi
- Bear Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Edward Sell Smith Park: 2.2 mi
- Bill Bower Park: 2.2 mi
- Beach Park: 2.4 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 1.8 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Centennial Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Fortune Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Goss Grove Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 1.9 mi
- Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 1.9 mi
- Arbor: 1.9 mi
- Baseline marker: 2.6 mi
- Frank Shorter: 3.1 mi
- Boulder Star: 2.2 mi
- Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 2.6 mi
- Mork & Mindy Show House: 3.5 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tour: 7.1 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room: 7.1 mi
- National Center for Atmospheric Research: 1.3 mi
- Davidson Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- National Wildlife Refuge: 7.4 mi
- Bowes Open Space: 8.2 mi
- Front Porch: 0.5 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.8 mi
- The Amphitheatre: 5.1 mi
- Bitty Buttress: 5.2 mi
- Barbeque: 2.9 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Boulder Falls: 6.2 mi
- Copeland Falls: 21.5 mi
- Lower Copeland Falls: 21.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 21.5 mi
- Upper Copeland Falls: 21.5 mi
- Tungsten: 9.5 mi
- Serene: 14.6 mi
- Caribou: 14.9 mi
- Arapahoe: 15.1 mi
- Nevadaville: 17.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.3 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 22.3 mi
- Wilson Spring: 22.9 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Boulder Mountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Peak | SW 229° | 3,198 m | 8.5 mi |
| Thorodin Mountain | SW 229° | 3,195 m | 9.1 mi |
| Tremont Mountain | SW 225° | 3,163 m | 10.5 mi |
| Miramonte Mountain | SW 226° | 2,915 m | 8.3 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,846 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,782 m | 9.0 mi |
| Windy Peak | SSW 210° | 2,779.776 m | 8.9 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | S 189° | 2,724 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 2 mi away.
- creeping mahonia696 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine546 obs
- Front Range Beardtongue392 obs
- Douglas-fir292 obs
- Great Plains yucca264 obs
- chokecherry250 obs
- Gunnison's Mariposa Lily249 obs
- Mule Deer238 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/358943203
Day trips start here
- Boulder · 3 mi
- Golden · 15 mi
- Arvada · 17 mi
- Idaho Springs · 20 mi
- Denver · 23 mi
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