Chatfield State Park
Chatfield State Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,683 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roxborough / High Line Canal Trailheads, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 12 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 12 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 12 mi
- Hawk Watch · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roxborough / High Line Canal Trailheads: 0.4 mi
- Spring Gulch Reservoir: 1.8 mi
- Plum Valley Park: 2.0 mi
- Wildlife Observation Blind: 2.0 mi
- TrailMark Park: 2.0 mi
- Waterton: 2.0 mi
- Plymouth Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Warren Peak: 5.1 mi
- Rebel Hill: 5.2 mi
- Bill Couch Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield: 2.1 mi
- Kim Sterne Survival Garden: 2.3 mi
- Carol Gossard Colorado Native Plant Garden: 2.3 mi
- Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms: 2.4 mi
- Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield: 2.4 mi
- Gorillas: 3.2 mi
- Gorillas: 3.2 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 6.1 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 8.1 mi
- Windmill: 9.0 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Catch Basin: 3.3 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-1: 3.8 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-3: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 4.0 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Control Building A: 4.0 mi
- Wall of Healing: 5.2 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 5.2 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 7.2 mi
- Stronia Springs Reservoir: 7.4 mi
- Bandimere Speedway: 11.2 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 5.9 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
- Old Stone House: 9.4 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 9.5 mi
- Tiny Town: 10.0 mi
- Plum Creek Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Riverside: 0.8 mi
- Marina Point: 0.9 mi
- Catfish Flats: 1.4 mi
- Jamison Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 3.6 mi
- Weaver Park: 4.7 mi
- Middle Fork Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Middle Fork Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 5.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 1.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.0 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 14.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 21.3 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 7.0 mi
- Wildcat Point: 8.4 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 14.2 mi
- Meditation Rock: 16.9 mi
- Red Wall: 17.6 mi
- Lee Gulch: 4.9 mi
- The Chutes: 11.9 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 17.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 18.9 mi
- Mount Vernon: 13.5 mi
- Arapahoe: 17.9 mi
- Dakan: 20.3 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Chatfield State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | WSW 254° | 2,854 m | 12.1 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | W 278° | 2,785 m | 12.4 mi |
| Legault Mountain | W 271° | 2,757 m | 10.8 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,711 m | 10.8 mi |
| Long Scraggy Peak | SSW 210° | 2,681 m | 15.0 mi |
| Crow Hill | W 267° | 2,638 m | 9.8 mi |
| Huebner Peak | WSW 258° | 2,633 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,630 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:58 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kassler, 3 mi away.
- Woodhouse's Toad167 obs
- American White Pelican132 obs
- Bald Eagle106 obs
- Mule Deer106 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk98 obs
- Great Blue Heron89 obs
- Ring-billed Gull85 obs
- Mallard83 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/57872691
Day trips start here
- Denver · 15 mi
- Golden · 18 mi
- Arvada · 19 mi
- Idaho Springs · 28 mi
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