- Elevation, modelled
- 2,023 m
- Tallest summit within 15.6 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 15.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour23.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9997, -104.8425
Cadet Tailgate Area is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 2,023 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Air Warrior Combat Memorial, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 24 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Cadet Tailgate Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SW 225° | 4,302 m | 15.4 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | SW 228° | 4,073 m | 15.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | SW 233° | 3,984 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Garfield | SSW 203° | 3,327 m | 14.4 mi |
| Tuckaway Mountain | SSW 208° | 3,303 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Arthur | SSW 202° | 3,293 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cameron Cone | SSW 207° | 3,263 m | 13.1 mi |
| Marys Mountain | SSW 212° | 3,004 m | 13.4 mi |
- 23.9 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 24 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Overlook Park: 1.9 mi
- Mary Kyer Park: 2.1 mi
- Grey Hawk Park: 2.5 mi
- TZO grass: 2.6 mi
- Leap Frog Park: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- Air Gardens: 2.5 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 2.5 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 2.6 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 2.9 mi
- Tower of Babel: 8.5 mi
Peaks
- Cathedral Rock: 3.8 mi
- Eagle's Peak: 3.9 mi
- Peppermint Ridge High Point: 4.0 mi
- Blodgett Peak: 4.5 mi
- Hunters Hill: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 41
- St. Clare: 1.9 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 2.1 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 2.5 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 2.6 mi
- Honor Wall: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 32
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Ackerman Overlook: 2.2 mi
- Eagle and Fledgling statue: 2.4 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 2.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 32
- Labyrinth: 1.8 mi
- The Labyrinth: 3.9 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Children's Garden: 6.9 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 7.0 mi
Museums: 23
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 1.9 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 7.3 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 10.2 mi
- Heritage Center: 10.5 mi
- Miramont Castle: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- The Homestead: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Grove: 6.5 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 8.1 mi
- Lazy Land: 8.7 mi
- Youth Camp: 9.2 mi
Springs: 11
- Ute Chief Spring: 10.3 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 10.4 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 10.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.5 mi
- Navajo Spring: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 10.0 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 14.9 mi
- Hill: 15.2 mi
- Weimer: 15.2 mi
- Hull: 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 10.6 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 11.0 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 12.5 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Dakota Hogback: 11.0 mi
- Point Sublime: 14.2 mi
- Windy Point: 16.0 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Husted: 2.2 mi
- Gwillimsville: 7.8 mi
- Franceville: 18.8 mi
- Dakan: 20.3 mi
- Altman: 24.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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