Bow Mar Heights Park
Bow Mar Heights Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,671 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolff And Quincy Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1671 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 9 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 9 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 9 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolff And Quincy Park: 0.5 mi
- James A Taylor Park: 0.7 mi
- Harlow Park: 0.8 mi
- Chase Park: 0.9 mi
- Sheridan Square Park: 1.0 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 0.9 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Windmill: 4.8 mi
- Dineh: 5.0 mi
- Flow: 5.4 mi
- Air Life Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 5.7 mi
- Eugene Field Cottage: 6.0 mi
- Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 6.1 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 2.1 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 2.9 mi
- Wall of Healing: 2.9 mi
- Easy Crane Games: 4.4 mi
- National Ice Core Lab: 7.6 mi
- War Memorial Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Gallup Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Jefferson Green Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Craig Garden: 3.5 mi
- Ruby Hill Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Rebel Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ruby Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Carbon: 5.2 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 6.8 mi
- Mount Glennon: 7.7 mi
- Weaver Park: 3.0 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 3.9 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 1.8 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 3.2 mi
- Old Stone House: 3.6 mi
- Sexploratorium: 4.4 mi
- Sister City Park: 3.2 mi
- Stone House Picnic Shelter: 3.6 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 4.0 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 4.5 mi
- North Boat Launch Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 6.8 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 10.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.4 mi
- Boat Beach: 19.5 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 8.7 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 9.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 12.7 mi
- The East Quarry: 13.0 mi
- Meditation Rock: 18.4 mi
- Lee Gulch: 4.2 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 18.6 mi
- The Chutes: 18.9 mi
- Elk Falls: 21.9 mi
- Mount Vernon: 9.8 mi
- Arapahoe: 12.2 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 9.8 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Bow Mar Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | SW 231° | 2,854 m | 16.6 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 248° | 2,785 m | 14.6 mi |
| Legault Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,757 m | 13.9 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,711 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 235° | 2,638 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 228° | 2,633 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 267° | 2,630 m | 13.4 mi |
| High Peak | SW 234° | 2,611 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 2 mi away.
- Mallard51 obs
- Bald Eagle50 obs
- Pond Slider45 obs
- Hooded Merganser40 obs
- American Bullfrog40 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake37 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel37 obs
- Bufflehead36 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 way/88608930
Day trips start here
- Denver · 8 mi
- Arvada · 12 mi
- Golden · 13 mi
- Idaho Springs · 26 mi
- Boulder · 29 mi
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