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Catalpa Park

Catalpa Park from directly overhead

Catalpa Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,645 m. Burnt Mountain stands 2,820 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine View Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1645 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Boulder

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.04144, -105.27335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Hearts on a swing: 1.7 mi
  • One-on-One: 1.8 mi
  • Geographic Center of Boulder: 1.8 mi
  • Boulder Six: 2.2 mi
  • John Garrey Tippit Memorial Sundial: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 55
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 3.3 mi
  • Front Porch: 4.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.5 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 6.6 mi
  • East Blob Rock: 6.6 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 41
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Barbeque: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Boulder Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.0 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Catalpa Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burnt MountainWNW 283°2,820 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainW 264°2,782 m9.5 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 192°2,724 m10.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 262°2,709 m7.8 mi
Walker MountainWNW 299°2,682 m8.2 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 197°2,675 m9.5 mi
Overland MountainNW 305°2,651 m9.7 mi
Twin Sisters PeakSW 231°2,650 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Plains yucca266 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie260 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel215 obs
  • House Finch199 obs
  • Mule Deer185 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk175 obs
  • Western Honey Bee158 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco146 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/403545996

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